Police canine delivers on the spot karma to protester at Hartlepool riots

A well-trained police dog delivered instant karma to a boozy protester who was goading officers and shouting ‘I pay your wages’ during last night’s riots in Hartlepool.

The shocking Southport knife rampage which claimed the lives of three young girls has seen parts of Britain explode into violence amid false speculation over the suspect’s identity.

But there was a comical moment in one video from the riots in Murray Street, Hartlepool, as a protester who started goading riot police officers by filming them and sarcastically shouting ‘okay, okay okay!’ eventually got his comeuppance.

In bizarre scenes he is seen squatting down and dancing before smacking his backside in a bid to wind officers up.

He and another protester are then seen walking away as a police dog starts barking at them. But the demonstrator then reappears in the footage with a can of beer, this time aggressive pointing in the face of a police officer.

When his friend is struck with a baton, he confronts a new set of riot police officers, shouting: ‘Don’t touch me. I pay your wages.’

As a police dog starts jumping up and barking at him, he tries to quip ‘get your dog a drink’ before the animal lunges at him and grabs his shorts with its sharp teeth.

The protester could be seen goading police officers, shouting ‘I pay your wages’ and dancing in front of them

As he confronts another police officer, the police dog starts barking and approaching him

As the protester tries to escape, the police dog starts pulling his shorts down as other activists try to flee.

The riots are the latest to break out amid fake claims that the suspect, who turns 18 in just six days, was an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK on a boat have fuelled riots in Southport, London, Manchester and Hartlepool. 

Axel Rudakubana, 17, named and pictured as the suspect for the first time today, has appeared in court charged with the three murders of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine.

The teenager is also accused of attempting to kill eight children, along with dance teacher Leanne Lucas, 35, and businessman John Hayes.

Rudakubana, who is also charged with possessing an offensive weapon, was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents in 2006 before his family relocated in 2013 to the quiet Lancashire village of Banks – a 15 minute drive from Southport.

The Hartlepool video bears a resemblance to the footage seen at the Southport riots where a thug was struck in the head – and then the crotch – by bricks thrown by fellow activists.

Cleveland Police made 11 arrests in the Hartlepool riots last night. Protesters hurled abuse and bottles at officers and torched a police car.

Violence also spread across London where there were 111 arrests made at an ‘Enough is Enough’ protest. 

To his horror, the police dog then launches at him and bites him on the backside 

He attempts to get away but the dog has a tight grip on his shorts and starts yanking him back

The man’s shorts start to fall down as the dog shows no signs of letting go – as protesters watch on

It comes as Sir Keir Starmer today announced plans to treat rioters like football hooligans in the wake of violence on Britain’s streets.

Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, the Prime Minister condemned the ‘mindless minority’ who have delivered nights of chaos since Monday’s tragedy.

He hit out at a ‘gang of thugs’ who travelled by train and buses to Southport and attacked police.

There has also been mayhem in London, Hartlepool and Manchester leading to scores of arrests.

As part of a crackdown on organised riots and the ‘far right’, the PM said a new ‘national capability’ across police forces would tackle violent disorder.

This will see forces share intelligence – such as spikes in train ticket sales that could be linked to rioting – and deploy facial recognition technology.

Police chiefs will also be encouraged to restrict the movement of known agitators in a similar way to how football banning orders are used to stop hooligans attending games.