Men involved in disorder disgraced reputations of Liverpool and Southport, court told

The men appeared at Liverpool Crown Court. File Picture: PA

Three men involved in widespread public disorder in Southport and Liverpool had “disgraced and damaged the reputations of that town and this city”, a judge said.

Derek Drummond, 58, punched a police officer in the face as he squared up to a riot cordon, set up in response to a 1,000-strong “utterly lawless mob” who gathered on the evening of a vigil to mourn three girls killed the day before at a holiday dance class in the Merseyside town.