Rotherham – A man threatened to use a dog to attack police in Manvers

“Police were trying to control the increasingly hostile crowds,” prosecutors told the court.

During the footage, Woods tells an officer: “I live here mate, go back where you came from.

“We live here, have some respect for the English young man, you are a disgrace to society.”

“You hit me, he catches you,” he adds, referring to the dog.

There was no physical violence by the defendant, his defense attorney said at the hearing.

Addressing Woods, The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC, said: “I cannot ignore the fact that you were part of the larger group that engaged in this major civil disorder.”

“It was ignorant – not only was it offensive, it was threatening in the midst of a great public disorder.”