Hackney charity highlights ‘above average’ sentencing for those convicted of riot-related crimes

mare-street-riot 2011 mark duggan shooting by police

Riots broke out on Mare Street in 2011 after Mark Duggan was killed

The Hackney-based charity Howard League for Penal Reform has highlighted figures on sentences for crimes relating to last summer’s riots.

The figures, obtained from the Ministry of Justice, show those convicted for crimes connected to the riots have been given significantly longer average sentences.

Andrew Neil, director of campaigns at the charity, said: “The average prison sentence for involvement in the riots was 17.1 months. This compares with an average prison sentence of 3.7 months for those sentenced at court for any similar offences in 2010.”

By the end of August there had been 337 arrests for riot-related offences in Hackney.

2 Comments

  1. Samantha Gunnell on Monday 29 May 2017 at 00:23

    He did not break into tesco. He was seen throwing cans that were stolen from tesco by other individuals. Just shows you can’t trust the news ! Furthermore this needs to be taken down seeing as it’s false information.



  2. Samantha gunnell on Monday 29 May 2017 at 12:04

    And he only served 6 months of the so called above average sentencing.



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