UK Riots: Meet The Accused Lifeguard, Postman, Hairdresser, Teacher, Millionaire's Daughter, Chef

[Turborama]

By EMILY NASH, NICK PARKER, RYAN SABEY,
ALEX PEAKE and NEIL SYSON
Published: Today

A MILLIONAIRE'S daughter and a teaching assistant landed in court on looting charges yesterday - along with jobless teens from sink estates. A boy of 11 and people from a variety of professions were also facing justice over London's mayhem.

Meanwhile, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1708055">a father pleaded for calm after his son and two pals were mown down and killed by a car during a second night of rioting in Birmingham.

The teenage girl hauled into court for allegedly being part of a mob of 200 looters is the privileged daughter of millionaire parents.

Laura Johnson, 19 - one of dozens to appear in court yesterday - is said to have been arrested behind the wheel of a car filled with stolen electrical goods, cigarettes and alcohol worth £5,500.

Full article with more details: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article3745609.ece

[HipChick]

1. When will they post the names and faces of the bankers that looted the country?

and got away clean..

[leftstreet]

3. +1

[alittlelark]

5. +100

[Duende azul]

11. +1000

[sudopod]

12. ! nt

[Darth_Kitten]

15. I think people are too busy trying to rebuild their lives, and in some cases, mourn their relatives.

Who is letting bankers off the hook?

[Turborama]

2. London riots: Primary School Assistant And Boy, 11, Among Defendants In Court

Learning mentor pleads guilty to burglary as magistrates courts stay open to deal with cases emerging from London unrest

Jasmine Coleman, Sandra Laville, Jessica Shepherd and Mark Brown
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday August 10 2011 19.27 BST


Alexis Bailey, a 31-year-old primary school assistant, tries to hide his face
after pleading guilty at Highbury magistrates court to offences commited in
Monday's riots in Croydon. Photograph: Felix Clay for the Guardian


A primary school assistant pleaded guilty when he appeared in court on Wednesday, accused of being part of a mob that tried to loot an electrical store during the riots in London.

Alexis Bailey, 31, who works at Stockwell primary school in Stockwell Road, south London, was arrested in Richer Sounds, Croydon, just after midnight on Monday, Highbury Corner magistrates in north London heard.

Bailey was one of a slew of cases passing before busy magistrates courts across London on Wednesday – an 11-year-old boy was the youngest defendant.

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Lambeth council confirmed that Bailey worked at one of its primary schools. A spokesman said: "In the event that any of our staff are convicted of criminal acts, we have robust internal processes in place to ensure that we deal with them in accordance with employment law."

Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/10/london-riots-school-assistant-pleads-guilty

[BlueCheese]

10. Hiding your face.

You're doing it wrong.

[Turborama]

13. LOL! good one.

:rofl:

[kelly1mm]

4. Oh come now. I heard it right here on DU that this rioting/looting is

the disposessed taking it to 'the man'. Get with the program.

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[kelly1mm]

8. You can see it however you want. I will see it how I want. I see opportunistic

thugs.

[chill_wind]

7. I'm interested even more in the identities of arsonists setting human occupied

buildings on fire, and the people who used their car to murder other people on a sidewalk, or to beat and leave a man for dead after he tried to put out a burning trash bin fire in his neighborhood.

I suspect it's going to be quite a sociological mixture when it's all done.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1711344

[Turborama]

9. Someone has been arrested for burning down 144 year old Reeves furniture store...

Details here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4955112

I posted a thread about the murders in Birmingham, too: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1708055

:hi:

[jberryhill]

14. Boy, those seven people really raised a ruckus!

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R

:thumbsup: