The teenager who killed British pensioner Richard Mannington Bowes during the summer riots was sentenced to eight years’ detention today.

A teenager who killed a pensioner during the summer riots in Britain will be sentenced alongside his mother today.

A 17-year-old boy has admitted killing a pensioner during last summer’s English riots.

David Cameron was today forced to deny a rift with police over the handling of the devastating riots that swept England.

The death toll from the violent disorder that swept across England rose today after a man attacked by rioters as he attempted to stamp out a fire in west London died in hospital.