A man who pushed a burning container 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 “put pressure” on the police.

Cleveland Police said he was among a large group of people at the junction of Ayresome Street and Linthorpe Road and helped push a large container, which was later set on fire, into the crowd.

Sharp, of Middlesbrough Road in South Bank, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison at Teesside Crown Court.