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Bristol Post
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Geoffrey Bennett

Student jailed for violent disorder after Bristol Kill The Bill riot

A Bishopston woman who pushed and kicked police when violence erupted at a Bristol Kill the Bill protest has been 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 physical violence towards police.

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