A thug who threw rocks at a TK Maxx store during the Plymouth riots has been jailed for more than two years.
Justin Crimp, 49, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and criminal damage to property valued at more than £5,000 after being identified from footage of the unrest on Monday.
He was sentenced to 32 months at Plymouth Crown Court.
Police bodycam footage showed a violent Crimp having to be detained as he screamed at officers, ‘you motherf****s! I’ll f***ing kill you’.
In another clip CCTV from inside the TK Maxx store on Royal Parade showed Crimp hurling a brick at the glass front door. It bounced off and he picked it up again, throwing it a second time, successfully smashing the glass.
Justin Crimp, 49, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and criminal damage to property valued at more than £5,000 after being identified from footage of the unrest on Monday
In another clip CCTV from inside the TK Maxx store on Royal Parade showed Crimp hurling a brick at the glass front door. It bounced off and he picked it up again, throwing it a second time, successfully smashing the glass
During the court hearing they were told that store staff recognised Crimp, having dealt with him for shoplifting as recently as August 1 this year
Police bodycam footage showed a violent Crimp having to be detained as he screamed at officers, ‘you motherf****s! I’ll f***ing kill you’
He was sentenced to 32 months at Plymouth Crown Court
During the court hearing they were told that store staff recognised Crimp, having dealt with him for shoplifting as recently as August 1 this year.
He was arrested at his home address in Palace Street, Plymouth, on Wednesday and was charged by CPS Direct at 3.30am on Thursday.
Victoria Cook, chief crown prosecutor for the South West, said: ‘Justin Crimp acted disgracefully during the collective disorder in Plymouth on Monday.
‘By involving himself in the unrest and causing destruction to a high street store, he has shown an utter disregard for his community.’
This comes after Specsavers, Lush and Sainsburys were just some of the retailers targeted by looters who took advantage of the unrest in places such as Hull, Middlesbrough, Rotherham and Manchester.
Brazen thieves could be seen smashing windows, setting a Shoezone store alight — and ripping wine, shoes, and phones from shop shelves.
CCTV footage from inside TK Maxx showed Crimp throwing a rock at the store window
He was arrested at his home address in Palace Street, Plymouth, on Wednesday and was charged by CPS Direct at 3.30am on Thursday
The Lush store in Hull was completely ransacked during the riots which took place last week. Bath bombs, bottles and cosmetics can be seen littered across the shop floor
High street retailer Lush said its staff were ‘devastated’ after the company’s branch in Hull was targeted over the weekend.
Video footage shows looters filling their baskets and carrier bags full of goods before rushing out of the store.
Photographs highlight the aftermath of the ransacking, as glass and colourful debris scattered the shop floor on Jameson Street.
In Hull, a Shoezone was pictured with smashed windows and a raging fire inside, while a Greggs and a Specsavers had also been targeted by men with face coverings throwing stones.
Pictured outside the store as its fire alarm wailed, thugs wearing face coverings and black hoods could be seen trading white Crocs. Around them, sliders were strewn across the street.
An O2 store was also looted in the city, after a yob in an England shirt smashed the windows with a metal stool, before leaving with handfuls of gear.
A masked man appears to leave a Sainsburys store in Manchester with bottles of alcohol, with the security tags still on, as riots take place
A masked man appears to leave the store with bottles of alcohol, with the security tags still on
As he left, a young boy could be seen smashing one of the displays in a senseless act of destruction while one man yelled ‘this is England’.
And in Manchester a Sainsbury’s Local was forced to shut after it was ‘stormed’ by rioters, with eyewitnesses saying they saw the mob ‘grabbing items and throwing them’ from the city centre store.
Some were seen leaving with their arms filled with bottles of expensive wine, still fitted with security tags.
After leaving the shop, the men were chased by police wearing riot gear, who managed to kettle them outside Manchester Art Gallery.
Behind them, photos showed the wreckage of the store – with thugs ripping items from the shelves irregardless of whether they were going to steal them and leaving them in a heap on the floor.