THIRTEEN men who abused police during the far-right riots following the Southport mass stabbing have been jailed.

Roger Haywood, 41, repeatedly verbally abused police officers and assaulted security staff before assaulting an officer as they attempted to restrain him in Blackpool on August 3.

He was jailed for 30 months after admitting violent disorder and assault.

Paul Williams, 45, was jailed for two years and two months after throwing metal fencing and a can of beer at police after goading officers during “an orgy of mindless destruction, violence and disorder” in Sunderland on August 2.

Four men were jailed in relation to the violence in Hartlepool on July 31 and Middlesbrough on August 4 on Thursday — Aaron Bradshaw, 28, Ben Judge, 28, Noman Ahmed, 24, and Jonathan Ambrose, 33.

John Honey, 25, helped attack a BMW carrying three Romanian men, targeted a garage leaving nine vehicles damaged, and pushed bins at police lines during riots in Hull on August 3.

He also looted shops and was jailed for 56 months after pleading guilty to violent disorder, three charges of burglary, racially aggravated criminal damage, and damaging nine other cars during an attack on a garage.

Four men who took part in a barrage of verbal and physical abuse towards police during riots in Hull were also jailed after admitting violent disorder.

Steven Love, 41, got 40 months after hurling an empty bin at a protective line of officers.

John Nunan, 36, was jailed for two years for “aggressively” confronting police, throwing missiles including a glass bottle, and helping push a wheelie bin at officers.

Travis Whitelock, 23, was jailed for two years after also playing a “prominent role” that included pushing a street litter bin onto a burning pile of rubbish and shoving a large wheelie bin at police.

Corey Holloway, 20, was detained for 18 months in a young offenders’ institution after throwing a traffic cone at police and behaving in a “violent and aggressive manner.”

Charles Smith, 22, of Uxbridge, pleaded guilty to affray and was jailed for 23 weeks after he “struck up a fighting stance” and chanted “scum” at police officers during disorder near Downing Street on July 31.

David Wilkinson, 48, who was part of a “baying mob” that forced three Romanian men from their car during riots in Hull was jailed for six years.

He pleaded guilty to violent disorder, attempted arson and racially aggravated criminal damage on August 3.