58-year-old former EDL member David Hann sentenced to 8 months for religiously aggravated threatening behaviour during Sunderland riot in Aug 2021.

58-year-old former EDL member David Hann has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for religiously aggravated threatening behaviour during the Sunderland riot in August 2021, where he shouted racist abuse towards a mosque and incited violence. His actions along with those of 24-year-old Jack Fowler, who was sentenced to 2 years for violent disorder, influenced others to act similarly. The riot resulted in £1 million in damages for Northumbria Police.