Mother and daughter jailed after being 'swept up' in Middlesbrough riot while walking family dog

A mother and daughter who took part in widespread disorder in Middlesbrough while they both walked the family dog have been jailed.

Amanda Walton, 51, was caught on CCTV throwing a missile, damaging a car wing mirror and rummaging through a bin, Teesside Crown Court heard.

Footage showed Megan Davison, 24, jumping up and down on a car's roof, assisting in smashing windows, sticking a finger up at a police officer and she was seen walking away from a shop while "concealing items", said Rachel Masters, prosecuting.

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Walton brought her chow chow to the march in Middlesbrough on August 4 , the court heard, and video showed both women holding the pet's lead at times as a mob made its way up Parliament Street.

Cleveland Police handout image taken from video footage of Amanda Walton  (left) and her daughter Megan Davison. Walton and Davison have been jailed after they took part in widespread disorder in Middlesbrough while they both walked the family dog.Cleveland Police handout image taken from video footage of Amanda Walton  (left) and her daughter Megan Davison. Walton and Davison have been jailed after they took part in widespread disorder in Middlesbrough while they both walked the family dog.
Cleveland Police handout image taken from video footage of Amanda Walton (left) and her daughter Megan Davison. Walton and Davison have been jailed after they took part in widespread disorder in Middlesbrough while they both walked the family dog.

The pair admitted violent disorder at a previous hearing and Walton was jailed for 22 months and Davison for 20 months by Judge Francis Laird KC.

Davison's partner, Jake Wray, is awaiting sentence after admitting the same offence, having stopped cars at a junction to challenge drivers if they were "white" or "English".

Walton, of Ashling Way, handed herself after police circulated images of the trouble.

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Davison, a mother-of-two, was arrested at her home in Seaton Street.

Amanda Walton (left), has been jailed along with her daughter Megan Davison, after they took part in widespread disorder in Middlesbrough while they both walked the family dog.Amanda Walton (left), has been jailed along with her daughter Megan Davison, after they took part in widespread disorder in Middlesbrough while they both walked the family dog.
Amanda Walton (left), has been jailed along with her daughter Megan Davison, after they took part in widespread disorder in Middlesbrough while they both walked the family dog.

Police were investigating 250 crimes where private individuals suffered damage to property, or public buildings were vandalised on August 4, the court heard.

Jon Harley, defending Davison, said she had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs the night before following a break-up, and was still intoxicated during the march.

"She allowed herself to be swept up and behaved in a very stupid manner," he said.

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Since being in prison she has managed to stay drug-free, he said.

Gary Wood , for Walton, said she was at the protest out of concern for her daughter.

"She hadn't planned to be involved, in fact she is present in the street with her dog," he said.

The judge accepted that neither woman was motivated by racist ideology and that both were remorseful.

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Judge Laird said the seriousness of the disorder, set against other outbreaks of trouble elsewhere in the country, meant neither sentence could be suspended, but he gave both credit for pleading guilty which reduced their jail terms.

Wray is due to be sentenced next week.

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