A man who looted cosmetics chain Lush during riots in Hull has pleaded guilty to violent disorder, burglary and racially aggravated criminal damage.
John Honey, 25, admitted three charges of burglary at Lush, the O2 store and Shoezone in the city on August 3. He also pleaded guilty to the racially aggravated criminal damage of a BMW and damaging nine other cars.
Judge John Thackray KC, the Recorder of Hull, said he hoped to be able to sentence Honey later on Tuesday, August 13.
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As violence escalated across the country in the wake of the tragic Southport stabbings that saw three children killed, some so-called “patriots” vowed to “take back our country” – by robbing Gregg’s and swiping fake Crocs from Shoe Zone.
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Now, many trouble-makers – like Honey – are making their way through the courts and facing jail time, with law-abiding people keen to see them served justice.
In a string of viral memes on social media one user shared a picture of Mr Honey in Hull along with the caption: “Taking back his country one Gingerbread man at a time.”
On X, another user shared pictures of him emerging from several shops with his haul wearing a distinctive top bearing the St George cross.
(Image: Humberside Police)
They posted: “I want to take my country back’.. What by looting some gingerbread men from Greggs, some bath bombs from Lush and a screen protector from O2?
“Yep that’ll do it. Honestly the brains of some people in this country.”
Another commented: “Gee-whiz that Saint George’s Cross hasn’t done him any favours he’s impossible to miss.”
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