One in six arrested over Southport riots were children, data shows

An anti-immigration demonstration outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

One in six people arrested across the country in connection with the unrest following the Southport stabbings were under 18.

The summer saw widespread rioting and disorder following the killing of three girls, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a dance class in Southport on July 30.