The two men who became involved in a mob that had gathered to target asylum seekers, are jailed.
Steven Mailen and Ryan Sheers were part of a "violent mob", a judge saidSteven Mailen, 53, and Ryan Sheers, 28, became involved with a mob on Murray Street which had gathered to target homes used by asylum seekers, Teesside Crown Court heard.
She said the large group clashed with police officers on Murray Street and Mailen was one of the " main instigators" of the violence. Ms Masters said Mailen ignored repeated demands to leave and was struck in the leg by an officer with an extendable baton after getting too close to the line. He said Mailen, of Arch Court, "despises those on the far right" while Sheers, of Powlett Road, wanted "no part in the right-wing ideology".
A letter was presented to the court from a family who live near the pair, which said they had been "neighbourly and welcoming". He said: "People genuinely fear for their own safety in communities they have lived in their whole lives."He said officers facing aggression was part of the job but the "level of hatred and violence" during the protests had been "unprecedented".
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