UK riots: Looters and rioters given 'tough' prison sentences

“They are trying to show these rioters that if you go out there, if you loot, if you steal, if you trash places, you will be jailed.”

Rioters face “tough” sentences as the government tries to “restore the link between actions and consquences,” says The Times’s political editor Steven Swinford.

[weaves]

These sentences don't make any sense any more. 3 years for punching a cop during a mini riot but some guy gets 5 years for climbing on a gantry over the M25 and hangs a banner. Both wrongs but the sentencing is all out of whack with reality.

[codswallop]

Look into 'serco landlord contracts' and find the answer why younger generations can't afford homes or even rent in the area they were born.

[carltaylor]

I note that the two guys who attacked armed police in Manchester airport haven't even been charged. If they don't do a stretch, too, my faith in the justice system will be sorely tested.

[Seekingsophia]

And rapi£ts serve shorter sentences. Makes sense!!

[dannym]

Pushing the woke marxist agenda has no limits for Times Radio

[georgemurphy]

Yet the ones who beat the cops at Manchester are at home … Two Tier Keir

[Gav-fghi]

If the man has been charged for punching a policeman are you going to give the policeman that was throwing punches around at innocent people in London an even tougher sentence? After all he's suppose to protect the innocent.

[TrevorBarre]

DON'T compare this to 2011. Typical Times bias.

[paulf]

OK if they can do this for rioting, then how come theft and shoplifting rarely ever gets custodial sentences?

[radudancoroian]

They would not treat islamists the same

[brianmcdonald]

The message is clear...don't dare upset the oil companies

[anthonyharty]

Violence is not the way to go about it. These rioting fools who got jailed and will get jailed could lose their jobs and if in rented accommodation lose their houses and flats. When they come out they have got NOTHING! The chances of getting a rented council property or something similar are slim, they will be at the bottom of the list. Protest but don’t use violence.

[Dweller]

How do we in the U.S. support British patriots?

[Striker]

3months is a long time on prison when youre not used to it so is 2yrs

[a.p..g.]

two tier policing and sentencing at its finest

[bumache]

What happened to the looters in Oxford Street?

[neildecarteret]

Whats happening to all the muslim rioters are they getting jailed

[_Too_Late]

Meanwhile the Pakistanis who attacked armed police at Manchester airport and tried to steal their pew pew, all on camera, have not been charged 🤔

[djoldschool]

Burning libraries? Looting vape shops? Protest? Really!!??

[maidy]

3 years for the chap who punched a police officer at Southport.

No arrest for the muslim who broke a police womans nose in Manchester?