A grandmother who claimed it was her "democratic right" to attend a counter-demonstration at a Black Lives Matter protest has been jailed.
Wendy Robson turned up at Grey's Monument in Newcastle city centre wearing Union Jack boots and clothing as part of a group calling themselves North East Frontline Patriots, who claimed they were there to protect the monument from the anti-racism demonstrators.
Now the catering business owner, together with Jay Plunkett and Elliott Wright, have joined five other rioters sentenced earlier this week behind bars. Police officers, horses and dogs were injured, along with members of the public, as around 1,000 people, in two opposing groups, gathered in June 2020. Counter-protesters, comprising Hell's Angels, football yobs and others, who threw cans, bottles and other missiles.
