Eight Men Plead Guilty to Violent Disorder After Southampton Protest Injured 11 Officers
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 8
Eight Men Plead Guilty to Violent Disorder After Southampton Protest Injured 11 Officers
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 8
Summary
Eight men admitted violent disorder over the 2 June Southampton protest, with four due for sentencing on Tuesday and four more on Thursday at Southampton Crown Court.
Eleven police officers and a police dog were injured when missiles including wheelie bins and chairs were thrown during the disorder, Hampshire Constabulary said.
A ninth defendant, Kamil Josef Klonek, 33, entered no plea to violent disorder; prosecutors allege he threw a beer can toward police and he returns to crown court on Thursday.
Police said 20 people have now been charged after unrest that followed the release of bodycam footage showing 18-year-old Henry Nowak handcuffed as he lay dying after a stabbing.
Nowak, a University of Southampton student from Essex, was killed in December; Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life on 1 June after a self-defence claim was rejected.