Yob hit in head and groin by flying bricks as he taunted police during riot facing jail after admitting violent disorder

A YOB who was hit in the head and groin by flying bricks as he goaded police now faces jail time.

Rioter Brian Spencer was struck down while taunting officers in the wake of violence sparked by the Southport stabbings in July this year.

Footage of the 40-year-old thug gyrating at cops circulated on social media after disorder swept the nation.

Video clips showed a large brick hitting a riot shield and bouncing into his face while another hit the back of his head.

When he tried to walk away, a third brick landed on his groin.

He admitted violent disorder at Liverpool Crown Court after his vile actions at the Southport riots on July 30 and has been warned he could face jail.

The painter-decorator also pleaded guilty to racially-aggravated harassment after he attacked a Polish-speaking patient while being treated at Southport hospital.

Police arrested Spencer the next morning and his case was later sent straight to Crown Court.

He has been released by JPs on conditional bail.

It comes after three young girls were killed at a children's Taylor Swift themed dance event in Southport on July 29.

Alice Aguiar, 9, Bebe King, 6, and Elsie Stancombe, 7 were all fatally knifed.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, from Banks, Lancashire, has been charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.

He is also charged with producing the toxin ricin and possessing an Al-Qaeda terrorism manual.

The case is set to go to trial in January.

He appeared last month at Westminster magistrates' court to face additional charges of production of a biological toxin, ricin, and possession of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism.

All charges were linked up at a hearing on November 12 and his trial was provisionally set for January 20.

Rudakubana is yet to enter any pleas.

A further trial preparation hearing will take place next month.

Cops say the tragedy has not been declared a terrorist attack.