Police video reveals night of violence in Hartlepool

A couple “incited” a mob to throw objects and hurl abuse at riot officers in Hartlepool after spending a drunken afternoon at the bingo, a court was told. Ryan Sheers, 28, yelled “I pay your wages” at public order officers as his partner, Steven Mailen, 54, provoked up to 300 rioters in the port town on July 31. Teesside crown court was told that the two men were at the front of a crowd that pelted the police with bottles, bricks and cans of beer. Video of the altercation shows Sheers getting bitten on the backside by a police dog. Prosecutors said the riots caused an estimated £300,000 of damage across Cleveland and at least 16 police officers had sustained injuries. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #uk #hartlepool #riot #protest