Gran who claimed Black Lives Matter counter-protest was her 'democratic right' caged
dailyrecord.co.ukA grandmother who claimed that it was her "democratic right" to attend a counter-demonstration at a Black Lives Matter protest has been caged.Wendy Robson, 53, turned up at the demonstration wearing Union Jack boots and clothing as part of a group calling themselves North East Frontline Patriots.
The group, who showed up at Grey's Monument in Newcastle city centre, claimed that they were there to protect the monument from anti- racism demonstrators, Chronicle Live writes.Now, the catering company owner, together with Jay Plunkett and Elliot Wright, has joined five other rioters behind bars.Police officers, horses and dogs were injured, alongside members of the public, as around 1,000 people, in two opposing groups, gathered in June 2020.
Counter-protesters, comprising Hell's Angels, football yobs and others, threw cans, bottles and other missiles.Newcastle Crown Court heard Robson, 53, was seen with one arm in the air near the front of the group and appeared to be recording the Black Lives Matter group on her phone while holding a can of lager.
She was later seen chanting and singing and making a V-sign in the direction of police and the other group.She was also seen to push against the police line and throwing a can which landed on the ground and started spraying liquid.Later on, she was seen pushing a Hell's Angel toward the police line then encouraged others to surge forward and pointed and remonstrated with officers, calling them "bully boys".When interviewed by police she said she attended to stop the Black Lives Matter group defacing the monument.Robson, of Wallsend Road, North Shields, who has eleven previous convictions, mainly for dishonesty, admitted violent disorder and was jailed for 29 months.Plunkett, 23,
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