Two men who brandished weapons during racist confrontation jailed

Two men who joined in a city centre riot then brandished a gun and knife during a racist confrontation with pub doormen have been put behind bars.

- by Karon Kelly

Lewis Stubbs and Tony Hall pelted missiles at police and burgled a vape shop that was trashed during the mass disorder in Sunderland last August.

In February this year the pair were drinking at the Old Skool bar in the city when bouncers asked them to leave and they reacted with racist abuse then produced weapons during a terrifying standoff.

At Newcastle Crown Court, Stubbs was jailed for 40 months and Hall got locked up for 56 months.

Prosecutor Neil Pallister said during the riot on August 2, Stubbs threw a can at a police officer's head, joined the crowd outside a police hub that was vandalised and threw a plastic chair towards officers.

Mr Pallister said Hall was more heavily involved in the trouble and threw a glass bottle, bins and a parasol towards police lines.