A man who took part in one of the far-right riots across England this week broke down in tears as he was convicted today.
Ryan Sheers, 28 and Steven Mailen, 54, both pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Teesside Magistrates’ Court.
Prosecutors said Mailen joined in the fray in Hartlepool on Wednesday night and was ‘constantly in the face of officers’.
He was seen shouting and squaring up to them...