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A milkman hurled a brick through a business window and launched a missile at police officers during far-right disorder in Middlesbrough. Carl Sharp participated in the widespread unrest which unfolded in the town centre on 4 August last year.

The 22-year-old had been had been invited to take part in the demonstration by two family members who had recently been freed from custody, a court was told. As the situation descended into violence, Sharp was filmed "laughing and applauding" while bins were set ablaze and projectiles were hurled towards police cordons.

On Friday, Sharp appeared before Teesside Magistrates' Court via video link from HMP Holme House for sentencing on a charge of violent disorder, to which he had entered a guilty plea.

The court was told th

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