The boy from Southport was handed a 12-month referral order for violent disorder in his local area by a judge at Liverpool Youth Court yesterday (17 September). He is currently the youngest person to be sentenced in relation to the disorder.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had previously pleaded guilty to violent disorder after being involved in rioting in Southport, which broke out after a knife attack in the Merseyside town in which three girls were killed.
He was also given a three-month curfew which will be in force between 9pm and 7am and his father was given a six-month parenting order and ordered to pay £200, on the boy’s behalf, in compensation to a mosque attacked during the riot.
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