A teenager brazenly sniffed ketamine in full view of riot police as he threw lit fireworks at officers and called them "little sausages".
Jared Skeete was described as being "at the forefront" of violence which erupted during a protest at the Suites Hotel in Kirkby earlier this year, during which missiles were thrown at police and a Matrix van was torched. He was locked up for his role in the disturbance today, Monday.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that Merseyside Police attended the scene on the evening of Friday, February 10, but officers were forced back towards the premises after objects including glass bottles were thrown towards them. Martyn Walsh, prosecuting, described how this resulted in a police van being left unattended.
