Britain's youngest rioters, aged just 12, face JAIL: Judge says one of the thugs was 'more involved in the violence than anyone' after attacking a bus, a police van and joining a mob outside migrant hotel By Eirian Jane Prosser and Matt Strudwick Published: 00:21 BST, 13 August 2024 | Updated: 00:21 BST, 13 August 2024 e-mail Britain's youngest rioters, aged just 12, are facing jail after one of the young thugs became 'more involved in the violence than anyone', a judge has said. The schoolboy - thought to be the country's worst rioter - was caught handing rocks to fellow yobs outside an asylum seeker hotel in Rotherham and pelting stones at police on July 31. He then tried to stand in front of a bus and attack as it tried to drive past.
And just three days later the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was seen at a riot in Manchester where he threw more objects at police and joined looters in the city. On Monday the child pleaded guilty to two charges of violent disorder at Manchester Magistrates' Court where he was remanded to local authority care until sentencing on September 2. District Judge Joanne Hirst told the boy 'it's time to stop letting your mum down now' calling for him to face the 'consequences' of his actions.
She told his tearful mother: 'He's more involved in the violence and disorder than any other defendant I've seen coming through these courts, adult or child.' The judge added, according to The Sun: 'You have gone out not once but twice. You are th.