The Nottingham Magistrates’ Court sentenced Dimitrie Stoica to three months in jail for spreading a fake narrative online during the UK riots.
Mr Stoica, 25, reportedly said on a live-streamed TikTok video that he was “running for his life” from rioters in Derby.
He had been broadcasting to about 700 followers as he walked around the city on Wednesday – when there was high tension in the area, telling his viewers that he was being chased by “extreme right-wing rioters” and that he was in fear for his life.
During his appearance in court, Mr Stoica admitted to sending a false communication with intent to cause harm.
Man jailed for making offensive statement at police
Thomas Rogers, a man who threw a vacuum cleaner through a house window and made an offensive statement to a police officer, has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison.
This newspaper learnt that this happened after he pleaded guilty to violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon after he was seen throwing bricks at police in Middlesbrough on 4 August.
Young boy admits to throwing object during unrest
The Liverpool Youth Court has released on bail a 12-year-old boy after admitting to throwing an object at police officers on 30 July during the Southport unrest.
The unnamed boy, the youngest person appearing in the court in regard to the riots, was shown on CCTV tossing the object during the violent disruption before pedalling off on a bicycle. He pleaded guilty.
In its ruling, the court proclaimed that the child was set free on bond but with the stipulation that he not go near St Luke’s Road in Southport, the scene of the disturbance ahead of the 17 September sentencing.
