'EXCESSIVE'
Teen locked up after summer riots freed after the Court of Appeal suspends his sentence
Willis, appearing via video link from Holme House prison, appeared emotional as the decision was read out
A TEEN locked up for violent disorder after summer riots is to be freed after the Court of Appeal suspended his sentence.
Dylan Willis, then 18, bricked a restaurant window in Middlesbrough following the Southport child stabbings.
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He was given 14 months’ detention by Teeside crown court in September — one of four sentences described as “excessive” yesterday.
And three senior judges said his complex developmental and mental health background had not been taken into account.
One said there was clear evidence that Willis, of Hartlepool, had ADHD and a low IQ.
They suspended his term and imposed up to 40 days of rehabilitation activity.
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Willis, appearing via video link from Holme House prison, appeared emotional as the decision was read out.
The appeal was heard along with those of Ozzie Cush, Paul Williams and Aminadab Temesgen — all locked up for between ten months and two years, two months.
The judges dismissed appeals from Cush, 20, of Reading, and 45-year-old Williams, of Sunderland.
But then 19-year-old Temesgen, from Plymouth, had his 14-month term altered from prison to youth detention due to his age.
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Cush, from Reading, was jailed for 10 months after pleading guilty to assaulting an emergency worker during a protest in central London.
Williams was jailed for two years and two months in August after he threw metal fencing and a can of beer at police after goading officers during the rioting in Sunderland on August 2.
Temesgen, from Plymouth, was given a 14-month sentence after throwing bottles at police in August.
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