A couple who became involved in riots in Hartlepool after going to an afternoon bingo session have each been jailed for two years and two months.
Steven Mailen, 54, of Arch Court, Hartlepool, was described as “one of the main instigators” of a large scale disturbance on Murray Street.
His partner Ryan Sheers, 29, of Powlett Road, Hartlepool, was bitten on the hip by a police dog during the incident.
The pair, neither of whom has any previous convictions, pleaded guilty to violent disorder after around 200 people gathered in the town on July 31.
Teesside Crown Court heard Mailen and Sheers had been at bingo together in the afternoon and continued drinking at home.
They told police they came upon the disturbance on the way to the shop to buy more alcohol and ended up being “at the very forefront of the mob”.
Rachel Masters, prosecuting, said officers at the scene described Mailen as “one of the main instigators of a large scale disturbance”
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'put a bit of lippy on and run a brush through your hair, we are alcoholics, not savages'
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Originally Posted by Beso
Livelier than Izaaz, and hes got 2 feet.
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