Today is the scheduled appearance in court for the first adult charged with rioting in the wake of the countrywide violent disorder.
Kieran Usher, 32, who is accused of rioting, has been forewarned by the Crown Prosecution Service that he is only “one of a number of individuals” in the wake of a 15-year-old lad who became the first person.

Hundreds of prosecutions are being processed by the legal system as a result of Sir Keir Starmer's pledge to bring individuals responsible for rioting throughout England to account quickly.

It coincides with the not-guilty plea of a man accused of inciting murder and violent disorder in Southport.

Andrew McIntyre is scheduled to appear at Liverpool Crown Court on charges of possessing a bladed article, violent disorder, and promoting murder.

Joseph Bradford, Jamie Easterbrook, Elly-Jayne Cox and Lisa Bishop are set to be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court for violent disorder.

Geraint Boyce and Daffron Williams will be sentenced today at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court for publishing threatening material on a Facebook account intending to stir up religious hatred.

Rioting carries a maximum of 10 years in jail, double that of violent disorder, and prosecutors are considering wider riot charges. The National Police Chiefs’ Council said 1,127 people have been arrested so far and 648 charged following the violence.