UK: Rioter claimed stone in his pocket was for healing

By Zimba Wave Media

A man who shouted “who the f*** is Allah” during a riot in Plymouth and later claimed a stone found in his pocket was for “healing purposes” has been jailed.

Michael Williams, 51 from Devon, drank six cans of Stella Artois before joining the riots on Monday.

Sentencing him at Plymouth Crown Court, Judge Robert Linford said Williams was seen “seen to be fighting and kicking another male” and when arrested he had a stone in his jogging bottoms.

The judge dismissed as “ludicrous” William’s claim that it was a “healing stone”.

In video footage played to the court, Williams chanted “Who the f*** is Allah” and, after his arrest, repeatedly swore at police.

He was jailed for two years and eight months after pleading guilty to a charge of violent disorder yesterday.

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