Man jailed two years for bottle throwing at Portsmouth anti-migrant protest
A protester received a custodial sentence after throwing a plastic bottle and swearing at police during a demonstration against illegal migration.
What to know
- A protester received a two-year custodial sentence for throwing a plastic bottle and swearing at police during a Portsmouth anti-migrant protest.
- The judge explicitly stated the sentence would serve as a deterrent, signaling a firm judicial response to disorder at such demonstrations.
- The case reflects authorities' handling of recent migration-related unrest in the UK.
Unnamed defendant Anti-migrant protesterThe judge Sentencing judge
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Details emergeTwo-year sentence for plastic bottle incident
Updated reporting confirms the man received a two-year prison sentence for throwing a plastic bottle and swearing at police officers during the Portsmouth anti-migrant protest. The judge cited deterrence as the rationale.
“A father of two children has been jailed after throwing a plastic bottle at the police and swearing at officers during the illegal migrant protest in Portsmouth.”
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first by lbc.co.uk, 4d ago · also The Telegraph
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- Anti-migrant protester jailed for two years for throwing plastic bottle at police The Telegraph · 4d ago
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A father of two children has been jailed after throwing a plastic bottle at the police and swearing at officers during the illegal migrant protest in Portsmouth. Sentenced to a two year prison sentence. The judge said it would act 'as a deterrent' Now, let me be abundantly
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Man, 42, who threw plastic bottle and swore at police during anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth is jailed for two years
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Man jailed for bottle throwing at migrant protest
A protester received a prison sentence for throwing a plastic bottle at police during an anti-migrant demonstration in Portsmouth.
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