A gas engineer who joined in racist chants and threw objects at police in Southport has been jailed for two years and two months. Tommy Callaghan, 32, of Platt Bridge, Wigan, appeared via videolink from HMP Altcourse at Liverpool Crown Court , where footage was played showing him wearing a fluorescent yellow T-shirt and sunglasses in a 'large and aggressive mob' on July 30.
Judge Denis Watson KC said: 'You were one of those who was chanting 'who the f*** is Allah', with your left arm and fist raised as you chanted and gesticulated in rhythm. 'You were then part of the mob who surged forward at the police line. Then you picked up part of a brick, threw it at police, then picked up a second missile even before the first had landed.
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