Teenage yobs protest on roof throwing tiles and stones at police

Two teenage yobs who staged an 11-hour roof top protest have been locked up as shocking footage has emerged of them hurling bricks and tiles at police officers.
Four houses and six cars were damaged, including a police riot van which needed £6,000-worth of repairs following the stand-off on April 5.
Police body-cam footage showed car windscreens smashed as the boys threw stones down on Cloister Street in Dunkirk, Nottingham.
The teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were arrested and admitted affray, burglary, theft, criminal damage and driving offences.
The 16-year-old also pleaded guilty to burgling a house and taking an Audi TT car, escaping from police custody and breaching a curfew imposed for earlier offences.
The younger boy was given a 28-month detention and training order while the 17-year-old was detained for 17 months at Nottingham Youth Court on Wednesday.
When they reach the age of 18 they will have to pay £550 and £500 respectively.
District Judge Tim Spruce told them: 'You showed complete disregard for the safety of people, complete disregard for the property of others and disregard for law and order.
'This incident created massive public disorder and disruption, expensive use of police resources. You deliberately targeted those officers with tiles thrown from height.
'This needs to be a deterrent sentence. The public have to be protected and they will be.'
Prosecutor Ali Zaki said the stand-off, which he referred to as 'The Siege of Dunkirk' began when police called at a house and the boys fled to the roof.
Mr Zaki said: 'Those four officers had no riot gear, no protective clothing.. Luckily, no-one was hurt but officers were concerned for their safety.'
He said the pair used hammers to dislodge tiles, throwing down the roof coverings.
Police reinforcements wore helmets and carried shields to fend off the tiles.
He said the younger boy had been arrested for the house burglary on March 31 and officers had tracked him down to a house in Cloister Street on April 5.
He went on the run after he had been taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham for a hand injury.
Mr Zaki said: 'He asked to go to the toilet and jumped out of a 40ft window.'
Jenny Gerrard, defending the 16-year-old, said he had lived in care and people had tried to recruit him into a 'gang lifestyle.'
She said: 'He got into a vicious circle and has an extensive record for a 16-year-old.
'He is a young 16-year-old with difficulties and ADHD.'
The boy's mother, who attended court, said: 'I hope he has some thinking time and turns his life around.'
Michaela Dunk, defending the 17-year-old, said: 'He reacted because he feared a police officer who was armed with a cosh when he arrived at the house.
'He decided not to go out and went onto the roof. He feared he was going to be assaulted.
'Things quickly escalated and he was involved in throwing tiles from the roof.'
Speaking after the case, Chief Inspector Andy Goodall, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: 'The potential harm that the two boys posed was very high.
'Due to two individuals reckless actions we now have a community who are living with extensively damaged cars and homes, along with having experienced some very traumatic events on their doorstep.'