Five more rioting louts have been jailed for disgraceful city centre violence - including one who attacked police horses in disgraceful scenes.
An angry mob gathered at Grey's Monument in Newcastle city centre to demonstrate against a planned peaceful protest by supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement. In ugly scenes, police came under attack and officers, horses and dogs were injured as missiles were thrown, including bottles, cans and smoke grenades.
A number of people have already been locked up for their part in the shameful violent disorder - all but one from the counter-protesting group, some of whom were affiliated with the far right, Hells Angels, or football hooligans. Now another five - Mathew Chapman, Philip Scorfield, Derek Haase, Johnny Mann and George Coulson - have been jailed.
