Teen, 18, who left his bingo birthday party to join riots and thug who pelted egg at cops are jailed
A TEEN who left his 18th birthday party to join riots and a thug who pelted cops with eggs have been jailed.
Bobby Shirbon, 18, and Kieron Gatenby, 19, unleashed violent carnage a far-right riot in Hartlepool on Wednesday last week.
They were both jailed at Teesside Crown Court yesterday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.
Shirbon was seen hurling bottles and chunks of wood at cops after leaving his 18th birthday party at a bingo hall to join the riot.
When he was collared by cops, Shirbon told them: "It's OK, everyone else is doing it."
Kieron Gatenby, 19, has also been jailed after joining a far right mob in the Teesside town to chant racial slurs and attack cops.
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Judge Francis Laird, KC, told Shirbon: "What is particularly troubling is that July 31st was your 18th birthday, a day that should have been joyous and cause for celebration.
"But it ended up with you confronting police officers as part of an ugly, aggressive and violent mob."
Rachel Master, prosecuting, said: "It was observed that Shirbon was present at the scene with another man.
"He was part of a group throwing bottles, wooden planks, plastic bottles and housebricks and the defendant was seen to smash windows and cause damage.
"He was arrested and found to be in possession of a balaclava and told he was being arrested because witnesses had seen him throw a beer bottle at the police van.
"He replied to police 'It's OK, everybody else is doing it.'"
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