BANGED UP
Idiot rioter who looted Lush and Greggs is jailed for 56 MONTHS for role in mob which sparked chaos
The thug also pleaded guilty to racially aggravated criminal damage after smashing up a BMW and nine other cars
A RIOT yob who raided a Greggs and a Lush has been jailed for 56 months.
John Honey, 25, joined a mob who looted the fancy bath store as well as emptying the shelves in an O2 phone shop during the Hull riots.
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He was also captured holding a stack of swiped Greggs goods with a cigarette hanging from his mouth as chaos swept the city.
Honey, who wore a distinctive white shirt with a large St George's flag on it, has now been banged up behind bars after pleading guilty to violent disorder and three charges of burglary.
The yob also pleaded guilty to racially aggravated criminal damage after smashing up a BMW and nine other cars during the August 3 riot.
He helped attack the motor alongside David Wilkinson, 48, another member of the "baying mob" who has been jailed for six years.
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And 45-year-old Paul Williams has been jailed for 26 months after threatening riot police while hurling metal fencing and hurling a can of beer at them.
Honey's sentencing was adjourned until today after a prison officer claimed Honey asked if I wanted his autograph as "he is famous and is all over social media".
He was described in a letter written by the officer to a judge as "over-confident" and someone who "presented with no remorse".
A victim impact statement from the manager of the Lush store said the incident had "massively impacted" the staff.
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Some of the employees claim they "cannot bring themselves to come back to the store as they are frightened it will happen again".
The probation officer also detailed how Honey had described how he "went into Greggs to have a drink as the pepper spray made him thirsty".
Police later confirmed 11 officers were injured as the city was left covered in debris from the rampage.
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Honey was described as playing a "prominent role" in the 12 hours of violence.
The yob is the latest rioter to be jailed after widespread violence erupted across the country.
It came following the deaths of Bebe King, six, nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, in Southport on July 29.
Rioters responsible for recent violence across the country have been having their court cases fast-tracked to warn others of the consequences.
Police chiefs said the number of arrests from the recent riots and disorder had topped 1,000.
The National Police Chiefs’ Council said today that cops have a made a total of 1,117 arrests and identified hundreds more suspects in connection with disorder since July 29.
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Together, policing and the CPS have brought a total number of 677 charges.
It expects the arrests to continue for months.
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