A social media user who encouraged an online community to start a riot has become the first person from Wales to be convicted in relation to recent unrest.

Richard David Williams, 34, of Flintshire, Wales, enthusiastically posted about participating in a riot and also shared a derogatory meme about migrants in a local Facebook group dedicated to protests.

A vandal who caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a high street store has been jailed just four days after violent disorder broke out in Plymouth City Centre.

Justin Crimp, 49, was identified after footage clearly showed him at the front of the disorder and then throwing rocks and smashing the door of the TK Maxx store on Royal Parade during widespread unrest. He pleaded guilty to committing violent disorder and criminal damage and was jailed for 32 months at Plymouth Crown Court today.