A racist thug who stopped drivers during summer riots to check if they were “white” or “English” has been jailed for 38 months.

Jake Wray, 23, of Middlesborough, admitted violent disorder in the town on August 4, including attempting to set a car on fire, uttering racist chants and pushing a burning rubbish bin into police lines.

He was serving a 24-week suspended sentence for spitting at a police officer and carrying a knife at the time.

Judge Richard Bennett, passing sentence at Teesside Crown Court, told Wray: “(His) behavior was disgraceful and in no way reflects the values ​​of the decent people of Middlesbrough.”

The judge said Wray’s offending was violent, “overtly racist” and included arson that day.

Jake Wray, 23, of Middlesborough, admitted violent disorder on August 4, including attempting to set a car on fire, uttering racist chants and pushing a burning wheelie bin into police lines. He is pictured with his partner, Megan Davison, who has also been jailed for violent disorder.

The couple is now serving jail time for their involvement in the violence that broke out in the summer.

The court was told Davidson (pictured with Wray) is the mother of two children aged five and six who are in the care of her aunt.

Wray, with an England flag around his neck and shoulders, is seen kicking a car during the riots in Middlesborough on August 4.

Jake Wray (circled in red) was arrested for stopping vehicles at a road junction and questioning drivers about their ethnicity, asking them: ‘Are you white?’ Are you English?

Wray, dressed in a distinctive red T-shirt with an English flag draped over his shoulders, stopped cars at a junction in the city center and was captured on mobile phone footage asking drivers about the color of their skin.

In the video played in court, while blocking traffic, Wray could be heard asking: “Are you white, are you English?”

The judge said the incident was so shocking that it made national television news.

Other clips showed him setting fire to a wheelie bin which was pushed towards police lines and a helicopter video captured him interfering with a red hatchback which minutes later burst into flames.

Wray told police he was simply stopping cars to warn drivers, but he no longer stood by that story.

Judge Bennett said: “He was clearly enjoying the attention and power of being masked during a terrifying event for those drivers.”

A clip was played in court of Wray, with his England flag over his mouth as a mask, approaching a police video operator and shouting: “You can put chicken tikka up your arse.” Tee-Tee-Teessiders.

Wray, dressed in a distinctive red T-shirt with an English flag draped over his shoulders, stopped cars at a junction in the city center and was captured on mobile phone footage asking drivers about the color of their skin.

Harry Crowson, defending, said Wray initially denied a racial motive for stopping the cars “out of shame and embarrassment”.

Crowson said the defendant had repeatedly watched the clips in court during several hearings, adding: “In the cold light of day, you don’t even believe the things that came out of his mouth that day.”

“He’s quite shocked by this.”

In September, Wray’s partner and her mother were also jailed for violent disorder.

The pair were captured on footage smashing a car while walking dogs with family during the riots in Middlesbrough on August 4.

Amanda Walton, 51, was caught on CCTV launching a missile, damaging a car’s rear-view mirror and rummaging through a bin, Teesside Crown Court heard.

More footage showed his daughter Megan Davison, 24, Wray’s partner, jumping on the roof of a car, breaking windows and pointing fingers at a police officer, prosecutors said.

They took part in the riot accompanied by their pet chow chow and video showed both women holding the pet’s leash as the mob moved down Parliament Street in the city.

The street, which is at the heart of the city’s asylum and refugee community, was the most attacked by the racial hate mob, with vehicles, homes and businesses vandalized and set alight.

Davison’s mother, Amanda Walton, 52, was also jailed for violent disorder after launching a missile, damaging a car’s rear-view mirror and rummaging through a bin during a riot in Middlesborough on August 4.

A car set on fire by far-right thugs on Parliament Road on August 4. The street, which is at the heart of the city’s asylum and refugee community, was the worst target of the racial hate mob, with vehicles, homes and businesses vandalized and set on fire

The couple was seen walking their dog during the August 4 riots.

Amanda Walton (left) and her daughter Megan Davison during the riots.

The court heard that Walton took his chow chow (pictured right) to the riots in Middlesbrough on August 4.

Both women admitted violent disorder and were jailed for more than three years in total at Teesside Crown Court.

Walton was sentenced to 22 months, while her daughter received a 20-month sentence.

The court was told Davison is the mother of two children aged five and six who are in the care of her aunt.