Moment cops pin UK’s oldest rioter, 69, to floor & scream ‘where’s the bat?’ in dramatic arrest caught on police bodycam
THIS is the shock moment the UK’s oldest rioter was arrested by cops as fireworks exploded around them.
Bodycam footage caught 69-year-old William Morgan pinned to the concrete footpath by riot officers holding shields.
Officers can be heard shouting at him asking where a bat that he wielded during the shock riot is, the new footage released by CPS today reveals.
Morgan pleads with the officers, saying “I’m English” as the police tell him to stop resisting and “get your hands behind your back!”
He also screams “f****** a***holes, I’m f***ing 70 mate” at officers as they attempted to detain him.
The rioter was pinned on the ground and cuffed by officers during last week’s carnage before promptly appearing in court.
He pleaded guilty on Monday.
Sentencing Morgan to 32 months, Recorder of Liverpool Andrew Menary said: “You are 69 years of age now, but your advancing years did not stop you from taking part.”
The court heard Morgan told police a wooden cosh he was holding was “for his own protection” after he was arrested.
Prosecutor Christopher Taylor said the thug dropped the weapon as he was charged by multiple officers, before “kicking out and swearing” as they tried to handcuff him on the floor.
The court saw additional footage that wasn’t released in today’s CPS release.
As fireworks were shot at cops in the background, Morgan yelled: “I’m gonna die here. I’m English, I’m English.
“Get off me. I’m f***ing 70 years of age.
“F*** off, you c***, f*** off. You’re gonna kill me.”
An officer then asks: “Why are you here, why are you in a riot man?”
Morgan replies: “I’m trying to go home. F***s sake. I appreciate what you’re doing.”
He then told officers he was in the area “because I live here”, adding: “You don’t know what I have been through. I’ve been pepper sprayed.”
Mitigating, Paul Lewis told the court Morgan had “no experience” of prison, was “profoundly” sorry and was influenced by drinking on the day of the riots.
He was joined in the dock by John O’Malley, sentenced to 32 months in prison as he was told he should be “ashamed” of his actions.
The prosecutor said the yob, 43, plucked weapons to hurl at cops from bins and was part of a group that built a “pyramid bonfire” to burn in the street.
He said: “You were at the front of what was essentially a baying mob.”
DAWN RAIDS
Dawn raids were launched today to arrest violent rioters as CCTV images of suspects were also released in a bid to track down dozens of thugs.
Met Police Chief Sir Mark Rowley said his force smashed its way into the homes of the “most violent” members of last week’s protests in Whitehall and branded them “criminal thugs”.
It comes after Brits came out in force last night to quell riot fears after cops launched the UK’s biggest ever police mobilisation to crush planned carnage.
Never before have 41 out of Britain’s 43 forces been mobilised to intervene in what police expected to be a “busy” night – with 100 areas earmarked for far-right riots.
A total of 6,000 elite officers were deployed to stop violence erupting in areas including London, Liverpool, Sheffield and Birmingham.
However, huge crowds of people chanting “refugees welcome” descended on areas earmarked for disorder.
It comes as…
- Brits took to the nation’s streets to crowd out far-right thugs
- Cops launched biggest operation EVER to crush planned riots
- Starmer calls for third emergency Cobra meeting over violence
- Far-right yobs are planning 11 MORE riots, The Sun reveals
- Social media bosses warned over surge of online hate
- Millionaire mum accused of being first person to spread a false claim that sparked riots
A thug who spat at cops on TV and a rioter found with a stone in his trousers have also been sentenced.
Dozens of far-right yobs around the country have appeared before judges today amid a crackdown after violent protests swept the UK.
Three rioters were sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court for their despicable actions.
McGuire, 45, faced the judge after a court heard he spat at officers and had to be pushed back from a police barricade.
His vile actions were caught on camera as the chaotic scene was broadcast on television.
The defendant appeared in the dock with his right arm in a sling and using a crutch after the violent disorder.
He was sentenced to 26 months.
Full timeline as violent riots sweep across Britain
Monday, July 29
Three young girls are stabbed to death at a Taylor Swift-themed yoga and dance workshop in Southport.
Tuesday, July 30
Police vans are set on fire as cops clash with rioters outside a mosque in Southport.
Shocking footage shows bottles and bricks being thrown at cops as other projectiles hurtled through the air.
Wednesday, July 31
Riots spread to Hartlepool and Manchester on Wednesday, where a number of arrests are made.
Footage showed multiple stand-offs between officers and hundreds of thugs.
Hundreds also gather outside Downing Street in a protest promoted by Tommy Robinson.
Arrests are also made at the Cenotaph.
Thursday, August 1
Chilling footage emerges showing showing a thug punching a “black or ethnic” man in the face as Hartlepool again erupts into violence.
Yobs are also seen torching a police car and hurling bricks at cops.
Friday, August 2
A police station erupts into flames after rioting thugs torch cars and attack cops in another night of carnage.
Eight people are arrested and three police officers taken to hospital after an outburst of terrifying violence in Sunderland.
Saturday, August 3
Battles break out across at least nine cities as angry thugs ransack shops.
Huge groups of rioters descend on Liverpool, Manchester, Sunderland, Portsmouth, Hull, Blackpool, Bristol, Belfast Stoke, Nottingham and Leeds.
Looters are pictured grabbing wine bottles, shoes and phones from the shelves of high street shops after brazen yobs smashed windows and started fires.
Sunday, August 4
A migrant hotel in Rotherham is petrol bombed by rioters, with footage also showing masked yobs kicking out windows
Another Holiday Inn where asylum seekers are thought to stay is petrol bombed in Tamworth, Staffordshire, as those inside watched through windows.
Monday, August 5
Riots break out in Plymouth,. Birmingham, Darlington and Belfast.
In Burnley, gravestones in a Muslim cemetery are vandalised in what the town’s council leader called an “evil act” by “heinous individuals”.
Sunday, August 6
Dozens of protesters are hauled before courts and convicted over their involvement in the riots.
Meanwhile, a war of words breaks out between Elon Musk and Sir Keir Starmer after the former criticises British cops.