A man who pushed a burning bin at police officers during a riot has been jailed.

Christopher Sharp, 36, admitted violent disorder in Middlesbrough on August 4, where he told others to “push forward” to police.

Cleveland Police said he was in a large group of people at the junction of Ayresome Street and Linthorpe Street and helped push a large bin, which was then lit, into the crowd.

Sharp, of Middlesbrough Road in South Bank, was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Teesside Crown Court.