The majority of people charged over last week’s riots live locally to the violent demonstrations which they allegedly joined, analysis by the Telegraph has found.
Seven in 10 of those charged so far live within a five-mile radius of where they are alleged to have taken part in riots, according to court documents and police forces.
Analysis of the data contradicts suggestions from the Prime Minister that rioters were coming from out of town on “trains and buses” to cause chaos in a “community that is not their own”.
On Monday, demonstrations entered their seventh day with mass gatherings in Plymouth, Birmingham, Belfast and Darlington.
Throughout the past week, there have also been protests in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Belfast, Stoke-on-Trent, Hull, Bristol, Southport and Rotherham.
The violence came in the wake of a knife attack which left three young girls dead and others injured in Southport last Monday.
Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, who has his 18th birthday on Wednesday, has been charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.
In the disorder that followed the Southport killings, more than 420 people have been arrested, police officers have been injured, and mosques have been targeted.
For its analysis, the Telegraph looked at 65 charged suspects whose fixed addresses were given in court.
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Stop Press: According to a new YouGov poll, one in three Britons support the anti-immigration protests that have swept the U.K. over the last week and one in 14 are actually sympathetic towards the rioters and believe the unrest is “completely justified”. The Mail has more.
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