The teen that spent his 18th birthday inciting violence at a far right riot has been imprisoned for 20 months.
Bobby Shirbon was at the bingo with his family on July 31 to celebrating turning 18, when news of the far right hate mobs reached him. He soon decided how he’d rather spend his birthday.
The racially motivated riots began as outrage spiralled after three young girls were killed in Southport by a 17-year-old boy.
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Shirbon is the latest in the line of violent protestors to be convicted for his crimes.
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The prosecutor at his trial, Rachel Master, stated: ‘It was observed that Shirbon was present at the scene with another man. He was part of a group throwing bottles, wooden planks, plastic bottles and housebricks and the defendant was seen to smash windows and cause damage.”
Shirbon evaded arrest, and began rioting again the next night. However on August 1, the police became his target.
Ms Master continued: “He was arrested and found to be in possession of a balaclava and told he was being arrested because witnesses had seen him throw a beer bottle at the police van. He replied to police ‘it’s OK everybody else is doing it.”
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Defending Shirbon, Michael Cahill said: “He is a very young man, a care leaver, who has been able to get this far in life without troubling the court system.
“He had been to the bingo with his family earlier and saw on social media there was a disturbance in town and very foolishly he went to see what was going on.”
Judge Francis Laird said upon sentencing the young adult:”What is particularly troubling is that July 31st was your 18th birthday, a day that should have been joyous and cause for celebration.
“But it ended up with you confronting police officers as part of an ugly, aggressive and violent mob.”
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