Laughing yob torched bin on 'lawless' streets

A teenager who help stoke the flames of a fire started during the Harehills disorder is the latest yob to be jailed.

- by Nick Frame

Leeds Crown Court heard that Peter Budai was heavily involved in the "mob violence" that engulfed the area on the evening of July 18 last year.

Budai was handed a 32-month sentence this week after he admitted arson and violent disorder.

He was seen pushing an industrial wheeled bin through a crowd and tipping it onto a fire as baying crowds pelted police with missiles.

Budai, who was 19 at the time but has since turned 20, was shown on footage smiling and laughing during the melee.

He was later seen hurling missiles towards officers, even climbing over a barrier to get closer and throw more objects.

Prosecutor Jemima Stephenson-Finn said he was present in the area for around three hours and 40 minutes.