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Miklos Bolza

No jail for 'morally repugnant' rioter who punched cop

A man who rioted and punched a police officer outside a church won't spend any more time in jail. (Paul Braven/AAP PHOTOS)

A man so offended he drove to participate in violent riots after a bishop's stabbing has been convicted but released from jail after punching a police officer during the volatile event.

Talal Khalil El Khoury was arrested on April 24, nine days after an angry mob surrounded Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the western Sydney suburb of Wakeley.

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