Moment scantily-clad woman arrested as rioters warned they’ll ‘pay the price’ with courts to sit for 24 hours
THIS is the dramatic moment cops kicked down a front door before hauling out a riot suspect in her underwear.
The woman was one of 12 people arrested on suspicion of violent disorder which broke out in Sunderland on Thursday.
In footage released by Northumbria Police, officers are seen kicking in a glass door at an address in the city on Saturday morning.
A female officer is seen thumping on the door shouting: “Police, open the door!” while her colleagues scale the garden fence.
The female officer then tells another cop: “There’s someone in, can you put the door through?”
A male officer then boots the glass panel before cops swarm inside the end-terraced property.
Minutes later a red-haired woman wearing a pink and black lacy nightie is led out in handcuffs.
Police say a 43-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.
Another 55-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of provoking violence.
Chief Superintendent Mark Hall warned troublemakers: “Make no mistake, if you were involved, expect to be met with the full force of the law.”
More than 90 arrests were made following scenes of disorder across the UK on Saturday with warnings that further violence is likely in the coming days.
Towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland saw clashes between anti-immigration demonstrators and counter-protesters on Saturday, with police officers attacked and injured, with many more arrests promised.
The string of violent incidents over the past few days began on Tuesday in Southport, after three girls were killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said people involved in the clashes “will pay the price” and that “criminal violence and disorder has no place on Britain’s streets”.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the police have his “full support” to take action against “extremists” attempting to “sow hate” by intimidating communities.
He held emergency talks with ministers over the unrest in parts of England.
The far right has drawn condemnation from MPs across the political spectrum after disorder in London, Manchester, Southport and Hartlepool came before Saturday’s violence.
Arrests have been made across the country with police warning of more to come once CCTV, social media and body-worn camera footage has been scoured.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood told ministers “the whole justice system is ready to deliver convictions as quickly as possible”.
Courts could also sit for 24 hours a day as they did for the 2011 riots, according to one report.
There was violence on Saturday in towns and cities such as Hull, Liverpool, Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester, Blackpool and Belfast which saw several police officers injured.
It followed a riot in Sunderland on Friday evening.
