Balaclava-wearing teen threw bricks at police during rioting

19-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED FOR HIS PART IN DISORDER

- By MARK NAYLOR

A TEENAGER hurled bricks towards police during “disgusting” scenes of serious violence in Hull city centre and it was only by pure luck that nobody was hurt because of what he did during the “large-scale” trouble.

George Walkington was “in the thick of what was going on” throughout the notorious day of disorder on August 3, 2024. Rioting broke out across the country in the wake of the deaths of three young girls in Southport days earlier, Hull Crown Court heard.

Walkington, 19, of Wareham Close, Bransholme, Hull, admitted violent disorder on August 3.

Ben Hammersley, prosecuting, said that Walkington was present throughout a “large-scale public disorder” in Hull city centre. He was shown in body-worn camera pictures, mobile phone footage and scenes from social media.