UK Riots LIVE Updates: Rioter ‘At Heart Of Southport Violence’ Being Sentenced | UK News |N18G
Judge Andrew Menary KC is about to hand down the sentences to the two men in the dock.
John O’Malley, 43, and William Nelson Morgan, 69, are appearing at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to violent disorder following unrest on Merseyside.
Paul Lewis, speaking for both defendants [Nelson Morgan and O’Malley], tells the court that after a period of reflection they had realised that there was no grievance that can be righted by mob rule.
Nelson Morgan, looks down as his lawyer tells the court that he is a widower and retired welder.
“He has no experience of the custodial sentence that will follow. He accepts that he acted in drink and was disinhibited by the presence of a large crowd.”
Lewis says O’Malley has no record of public disorder criminality.
“Both defendants are aware that they will receive sentences that are intended to provide punishment to them and act as a deterrence.
“Both men want to profoundly apologise not only to the families of those killed in Southport but also to the police… and to the public.”
LIVERPOOL – John O’Malley and William Morgan are sentenced in Liverpool for their part in UK violent disorder.
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