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First person to admit UK riot charge jailed for more than four years

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Kieran Usher , 32 , was in a group of 20 people who threw missiles at police during a night of violence in Sunderland .

He was jailed for a total of four years and four months at Newcastle Crown Court today .

Usher was the first defendant in the UK to admit a charge of riot at a previous hearing.

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