A football hooligan who took part in a violent city centre protest against Black Lives Matter supporters has been jailed.
Grandfather Michael Maylia, who was one of a number of Newcastle United fans jailed after a bar brawl in Burnley in 2019, was among those to get involved in criminal activity at Grey's Monument, in Newcastle. In ugly scenes, police came under attack from a number of people and officers, horses and dogs were injured as missiles were thrown, including bottles, cans and smoke grenades.
Several yobs have already been locked up for their part in the shameful violent disorder - all but one of whom were from the "counter-protesting" group. Some of them were affiliated with the far right, Hells Angels, or football hooligans, with one also involved in the Burnley violence alongside Maylia.
