Riot in Ely

[J R Hartley]

As far as people who saw the van driving around after the youngsters ......they were chasing them

You can call it following if you like

So the police saying they were not and no police were involved ......well what conclusion do you think people who saw the van would think ?

If that was me and the police came on the radio and said .....no police were involved ....I would think hold on a minute .....they are fibbing here

That's how these things start . We know the lads shouldn't have been riding around .....but that's sorted ......its how the police dealt with all this that matters and they could be argued to have made a right balls up and helped fan the flames of disorder

You and most of us wouldn't have set cars on fire but that's not the issue

You’ve now made up your own version of how the riots started which clearly doesn’t fit the timeline of events.

Alun Michael was being economical with the truth well after the riots had started and ended so how did they “fan the flames”.