Bosses at a Disney-themed company have admitted to rioting in Hartlepool in the wake of the Southport child killings - as footage of one being bitten on the hip by a police dog has gone viral.
Paul Doney, prosecuting, said around 200 people gathered on Wednesday in the town centre and police were deployed to maintain order. Ryan Sheers, 28, of Powlett Street, Hartlepool, who wept during the hearing, was then bitten on the hip by a police dog, the court heardThe viral video shows a police dog biting Sheers on the hip during the altercationMailen was 'constantly in the face of officers' and was gesticulating towards them, shouting, until he was struck on the leg by an officer's extendable baton.
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