Nicholas Mullen travelled from Wigan to take part in the violent disorder last summer
Nicholas Mullen
A man who dismantled walls to launch bricks at police during the violent disorder last summer has been jailed. Violence originally broke out in Southport on July 30 when hundreds of people clashed with police following the deaths of three young girls – Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King and Alice Da Silva Aguiar – in a mass stabbing the previous day.
So far, 191 people have been arrested, with 150 charged and 130 sentenced to a combined 241 years, six months in prison.
Nicholas Mullen, 22 years, of Kingsley Avenue, Wigan was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday 3 April for violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker.
He was identified on CCTV throwing bricks towards a line of officers who were sent to Southport as disorder broke out on the streets on July 30.
Mullen was also captured on footage from a police helicopter and on camera phone footage taken by others engaged in disorder.
During one particularly shocking moment, a brick thrown by Mullen struck a police constable.
During the disorder in Southport, the violent mob caused multiple injuries to officers, including fractures, broken jaws and lost teeth.
Detective Inspector Paula Jones from Merseyside Police said: “Mullen came to a community grieving the loss of three young girls just 24 hours earlier, still reeling from the awful events of 29 July.
“He came here with one clear intention: to cause chaos and destruction. His actions left rubble strewn in our streets, and a police officer deployed to protect our community in Southport was struck with a brick.
“Mullen will now have a considerable time in prison to consider his actions, and whether they furthered whatever cause he thought he was fighting for.
“We know that his actions and those of everyone who took to the streets to commit disorder that day caused nothing but fear, concern and distress to residents in the area.”
“The disgusting scenes witnessed will not be tolerated and we advise anyone else who took part in the disorder to do the right thing and hand themselves in.”
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