Josh Downey from Evesham banged up (2016)

A VIOLENT demonstrator identified after giving an interview to a current affairs website has been jailed for 18 months.

Josh Downey’s first name, age, home town and photograph were published on the New Statesman just two days after the “anti-immigration” protests in Dover on Saturday, January 30.

Detectives recognised the 22-year-old, of Offenham Road, Evesham in Worcestershire, as being responsible for offences committed throughout the day and sent Downey’s picture to his local police force for identification.

He was arrested on Wednesday, May 11 and later pleaded guilty to one count of violent disorder.

At his sentencing on Friday, August 12, Canterbury Crown Court heard how Downey was filmed throwing numerous objects at opposition protestors in Effingham Street, Dover.

He was later spotted hurling further items while in Folkestone Road, and was also seen in possession of a large piece of wood.

When further fighting broke out later in Market Square, Downey was again caught throwing objects including two large pieces of wood.

Detective Sergeant Matthew Smith of Kent Police said: “The investigation team have arrested more than 70 people in connection with the demonstrations in Dover and they continue to review hundreds of hours of footage captured on the day.

“Although Josh Downey gave us a head start by allowing his details to be published online, my officers have shown they are more than capable of identifying those responsible through good old fashioned police work and a determination to succeed.

“His 18-month sentence is further proof of how serious these cases are being treated by the courts, and I hope the people of Dover are as pleased as I am with the positive results we have received thus far.”

Worcester Evening News

More local boneheads to look out for..

So-called “United Worcestershire” racists – soiling the streets of Dudley with their filth 7th February..

Faces of hate to look out for in Worcestershire..

The EDL did a flash demo in Port street in Evesham yesterday (updated)

.. and didn’t tell anybody. They seem to be hanging their nazi fishing rods outside an ‘international food store’. The mind boggles. Luckily someone managed to extract the snaps they took of themselves from the Worcester EDL facebook page before the EDL mysteriously removed all trace of them?

Dave Coppin, from Margate.

Local people didn’t seem too pleased to hear about the EDL’s ‘flash demo’ in their town.

 

Meet violent thug Lee Tustin and the Evesham EDL

One idiot to keep an eye on. Screenshots taken 10.10.13.

Dismal times for BNP scum in local elections

Results from yesterday’s local elections.

Riverside, Worcester: Whitwam, BNP – 32 Majority Geraghty, Con – 999

Nunnery, Worcester: Mason, BNP – 201  Majority Agar, Lab – 1059

St John, Worcester: Draper, BNP – 86 Majority Udall, Labour – 982

Bedwardine, Worcester Whitwam, BNP – 16  Majority Prodger, Cons – 847

Evesham South: Hartland, BNP – 220  Majority Banks, Cons – 945

Bromsgrove South: Dolphin, BNP – 163  Majority Bloore, Lab/Co-op – 1088

Bromsgrove West: Smith, BNP – 145 Majority Mallet, Lab/co op – 1200

Bromsgrove east: Bates, BNP – 19 Majority Taylor, Cons – 952

Bromsgrove Central: Llewellyn, BNP – 29 Majority Blagg, Cons – 835

Alvechurch: Murphy, BNP – 12 Majority Griffiths, Cons – 709

Clent Hills: Dolphin, BNP – 11 Majority Jenkins, Ind – 1388

Wythall: Tomkinson, BNP – 90 Majority Peters, Wythall RA – 1083

Beacon: Wainwright, BNP – 173 Majority McDonald, Lab – 1374

St Chads: North, BNP – 25 Majority Oborski, Liberal/KLLT – 767

Majorities for UKIP scum in St Mary’s, Redditch south, Arrow valley east and Stourport on severn.

More local results as they come in here (Worcester evening news)

*For the record: 3CAFA states that all political parties are scum and not to be trusted. “We are led by fools who waste our lives” (punk slogan)

“Attacker racially abused victim then hit him with pool cue”

“AN argument over playing pool in a Worcestershire pub led a 31-year-old man to racially abuse another man and hit him on the head with a cue.

Christopher Spires, of Churchill Road, Sedgeberrow, Evesham, was jailed for nine months after the court was told he swore at Gideon George and made references to him being black.

Alex Warren, prosecuting, told Worcester Crown Court Mr George had gone to Ruby Jack’s, Bewdley Street, Evesham, on August 30 last year with friends.

They put money on the pool table for three games but during the first one, Spires started leaning on the table and nudging Mr George as he played.

When the game finished, Mr George started to set up the next one but Spires said it was his turn and made a racist comment. He then grabbed Mr George’s cue, reversed it and swung it with both hands, hitting him with the thicker end just above the left eye.

Mr George took hold of the cue and they both fell to the floor before being separated.

As police led Spires away, he saw Mr George, who needed three stitches to the cut, and shouted “I’m glad your face got smashed in,” and made more racist comments. He then spat towards Mr George, who said in a victim statement he was now wary of going out at night in Evesham.

 Nicholas Roberts, defending, said Spires was deeply ashamed of his actions.

He had drunk eight cans of beer and some brandy and whisky on the night of the incident. He said Spires was not a racist and would not have made the comments if he had not been drinking.

“He accepts his comments were deeply offensive,” Mr Roberts said.

The court was told that he had 27 convictions for 87 offences but the majority of these were thefts to finance his 10-year heroin and crack cocaine habit, which he was now taking steps to tackle.

Spires pleaded guilty at South Worcestershire Magistrates Court to the offences in December and was committed for sentence.

He was given six months for assault causing actual bodily harm and three months consecutively for racial harassment.”

Worcester evening news