Bradford right-wing demo: Full list of charges (with video)

TWO men were charged with offences today after Saturday's controversial city centre demonstration in Bradford by far-right group the English Defence League.

A total of 14 men were detained on suspicion of a range of offences during and after the protest, which was attended by fewer than 1,000 EDL supporters.

West Yorkshire Police said two men have been charged and eight others have been released on bail pending further inquiries.

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One man has been released without charge and three have been given fixed penalty notices.

A 37-year-old Bradford man was charged with possessing an offensive weapon and bailed to appear in court on September 8.

A 23-year-old Walsall man was charged with a public order offence and bailed to appear in court on December 6.

During the demonstration, bottles, cans, stones and three smoke bombs were thrown at opponents gathered nearby.

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Nearly 100 supporters of the far-right group climbed over a temporary 8ft barricade - aimed at keeping them inside the city's Urban Gardens - to get on to neighbouring waste ground from where they threw missiles at police.

As the skirmishes were breaking out, nearly 300 people gathered for an alternative event hosted by Unite Against Fascism/We Are Bradford about half a mile away at Crown Court Plaza.

In the days before the rally, Bradford community leaders called for calm, fearing demonstrations could provoke a violent reaction to rival the 2001 Bradford riots.

Initially the EDL intended to march in Bradford with a planned protest by Unite Against Fascism on the same day.

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A high-profile campaign was started to stop the EDL march and Home Secretary Theresa May eventually authorised a ban on any public processions over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

West Yorkshire Police said the 14 people arrested were dealt with in the following ways:

A 37-year-old Bradford man was arrested for possessing an offensive weapon. He has been charged with the offence and bailed to appear at Bradford Magistrates Court on September 8;

A 32-year-old Bradford man was arrested for assaulting a police officer. He has been interviewed and released without being charged;

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A 23-year-old Walsall man was arrested and charged with an offence under Section 4a of the Public Order Act. He has been bailed to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court on December 6;

A 24-year-old Bradford man was arrested under Section 5 of the Public Order Act. He has been bailed pending further inquiries;

A 42-year-old Wolverhampton man was arrested under Section 5 of the Public Order Act. He was released after the event and issued with a fixed penalty notice for disorder;

Two men aged 22 and 20 along with two youths aged 16 and 15, all from Bradford, were arrested on suspicion of wounding after an incident in which a stone hit a man on the head causing a slight injury. All four have been released on bail pending further inquiries;

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A 24-year-old Wakefield man was arrested under Section 4a of the Public Order Act and has been given police bail pending further inquiries;

A 23-year-old man from Birmingham was arrested under Section 5 of the Public Order Act. He was released after the event and was issued with a fixed penalty notice for disorder;

A 24-year-old man from Halifax was arrested under Section 5 of the Public Order Act. He was released after the event and was issued with a penalty notice for disorder;

An 18-year-old man from Bradford was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder following alleged missile throwing. He has been released on bail pending further inquiries;

A 24-year-old Bradford man was arrested in relation to two alleged assaults and also criminal damage after a missile was thrown at a coach on the M62. He has been bailed pending further inquiries.