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Man freed after appealing riot sentence

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Dylan Willis , 18 , admitted violent disorder after smashing a Middlesbrough restaurant window with a brick.

He was sentenced to 14 months in prison after admitting violent disorder.

Panel of three senior judges said he should have received a suspended sentence.

Willis , from Hartlepool , will now be freed immediately.

Appeals on behalf of three other men failed to have their sentences cut.

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informal

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English

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