Here are the people we reported on who were jailed this year after the Bristol Kill the Bill riot in March last year. Thousands of people took to the streets of Bristol to march and then sit down outside a Bristol police station.
The peaceful protest was against a controversial Government bill which would curtail the right to protest. "Kill the Bill" campaigners are against the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which would give police and the Home Secretary increased powers to stop protests.
But scenes on March 21 turned ugly, with protesters letting off fireworks, throwing missiles at police, setting a police van on fire and smashing the windows of Bridewell police station. A number of convictions and prison sentences have resulted.
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Joseph Parry, 20 months
A man who spat at officers and threw a glass bottle at a police horse during the riot in Bristol in March last year was jailed.
Joseph Parry, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, also tried to pull a door of a mobile police station off its hinges together with a group of other people.
The 23-year-old appeared at Bristol Crown Court (Monday 7 November) where he was sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of violent disorder.
Parry is the 21st person to be jailed for offences committed during the riot. Together, they have been imprisoned for a combined total of 77 years and nine months.
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Christopher Hind (21 months), Tyler Overall (21 months), Fleur Moody (eight month jail term, suspended for 18 months)
Three people were sentenced for their roles after public disorder at the KIll The Bill protest in the city last year. Fleur Moody, 26, of Albany Road, Bristol, pleaded guilty to affray.
Tyler Overall, 28, of Third Avenue in Filton, pleaded guilty to violent disorder. Christopher Hind, 38, of Stottbury Road in Bristol, pleaded guilty to violent disorder.
Judge James Patrick jailed Overall and Hind for 21 months. He handed Moody an eight month jail term, suspended for 18 months, with up to 40 hours' rehabilitation and up to 80 hours' unpaid work.
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Rose Lazarus, 14 months
A Bishopston woman who pushed and kicked police when violence erupted at a Bristol Kill the Bill protest was jailed. Rose Lazarus was captured on camera for some two hours as trouble flared outside Bridewell Police Station on March 21 last year,
Lazarus, 21, of Beverley Road, denied a charge of riot but pleaded guilty to violent disorder. She appeared at Bristol Crown Court for sentence today (August 8, 2022)
Judge James Patrick jailed her for 14 months. He told Lazarus: "This was two hours of active offending and encouragement of physcal violence towards police.
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Charly Pitman, three years
A woman convicted of riot after a Bristol Kill the Bill protest - which she had not intended to join - was jailed this week. Charly Pitman denied wrongdoing after the event turned into an attack on police outside Bridewell Police Station on March 21 last year.
But, after a trial, a jury convicted her of riot after deliberating for just over an hour. Pitman, 24, whose address was given as Chelsea Road in Easton, appeared at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday, July 7, supported by a large contingent of family and friends.
Judge Julian Lambert jailed her for three years. Read the full story here.
Francesca Horn, five years and 10 months
A woman who spat at police, threw objects at them and hit them with a wooden stick at a Bristol Kill the Bill protest was jailed. Francesca Horn, 25, of Picton Street, Montpelier, Bristol, admitted a charge of violent disorder during the Kill The Bill protests but denied riot.
However, she was found guilty of the offence following a trial at Bristol Crown Court in April. She appeared for sentence at the court (June 24, 2022).
Judge James Patrick, presiding judge in the riot cases, jailed a tearful Horn for five years and 10 months. He told her: "You were an active and persistent participant. You were acting with other people and you accepted you changed your clothing in an attempt to disguise yourself."
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Matthew O'Neill, five years
A chef from Horfield who admitted disorder at a Kill The Bill Protest in Bristol last year was also jailed. Matthew O'Neill admitted attacking police, bashing at the windows of Bridewell Police Station and fuelling a fire which was started in the wheel arch of an unoccupied police van. He told Bristol Crown Court: "You must understand it's better to hit something than to hurt people."
O'Neill, 31, of Browning Court, pleaded guilty to riot and arson. Jailing him for five years, Judge James Patrick told him: "The police are all public servants who are human beings. What has been done to them dehumanises them. You admit you went overboard."
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Callum Davies, two-and-a-half years
Video footage taken at last year's riot in Bristol shows a 24-year-old man throwing missiles at police officers and using a road barrier to threaten them.
Callum Davies, of Winterbourne, was jailed back in May for two-and-a-half years after being convicted of violent disorder following a trial at Bristol Crown Court.
Avon and Somerset Police released footage of Davies taken on the night. He pleaded not guilty to committing an offence at the riot on March 21 outside Bridewell Police Station, but was convicted by a jury.
The court heard how Davies used a road barrier to threaten officers, before throwing missiles and kicking out at them. Read the full story here
Joseph Foster, three years and three months
A Hartcliffe man who admitted disorder against police at a Bristol Kill The Bill protest was jailed as well. Joseph Foster appeared for a plea and trial preparation hearing back in January at Bristol Crown Court.
The 31-year-old, of Oak House, pleaded guilty to riot on March 21 last year. Judge James Patrick jailed him for three years and three months.
The judge told him: "I've dealt with a lot of these cases. Normally I explain why it is so serious.
"You know how serious this was. Everyone agrees that your behaviour has a sentence which starts at six years.
"You were threatening to police officers, climbed onto a police van and was trying to tip it over."
The judge conceded Foster had learning disabilities and mental health difficulties and got "caught up" in the riot.
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Mariella Gedge-Rogers, five-and-a-half years
A woman who was caught on camera attacking police and smashing the window of Bridewell Police Station during a Kill The Bill protest was jailed. Mariella Gedge-Rogers, 27, of Queens Court, Clifton, was convicted following a unanimous decision by a jury following a trial at Bristol Crown Court.
Gedge-Rogers was found guilty of being part of a group that used or threatened violence and, together, caused others to fear for their personal safety. She was arrested six days after the riot took place outside the city centre police station on March 21 last year after her image was released as part of a police appeal.
During her trial, digital evidence including footage from officers’ body-worn cameras, CCTV and mobile phone footage was played to the jury. Gedge-Rogers could be seen to hit a police officer on the head with a skateboard in the footage and throw missiles at other officers from the roof of the police station.
She was also seen to repeatedly strike the front window of the station with her skateboard before handing it to a man for him to do the same. Judge James Patrick, the judge handling related cases, jailed Gedge-Rogers for five-and-a-half years.
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Jasmine York, nine months
A woman was jailed for arson at a Bristol Kill the Bill protest. Jasmine York told Bristol Crown Court that on March 21 last year she attended a vigil for murdered Sarah Everard on College Green.
But it was claimed York was an instigator when trouble flared, was "geeing up" the crowd with chants and pushed a wheelie bin into a burning police car. York, 26, of Paintworks, Bristol, denied riot and arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.
A jury of seven women and five men cleared York of riot after six hours and 12 minutes' deliberation. After the judge gave them the offer of a majority verdict - one that at least ten agree on - the jury convicted her of the arson charge.
Judge James Patrick jailed her for nine months. He said he would be failing in his public duty if imprisonment was not immediate, telling York: "Your actions made a difficult situation even worse."
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