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Tom Wilkinson

Man who took part in Hartlepool and Sunderland disorder jailed for six years

Ashley Wilkinson has been sentenced for taking part in two bouts of disorder in the summer (Northumbria Police/PA) -

A father-of-three who attacked police at two outbreaks of widespread disorder over the summer has been jailed for six years.

Ashley Wilkinson, 35, has since spoken to a prison imam and come to accept that the right-wing videos he watched online were “nothing more than propaganda”, Newcastle Crown Court was told.

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