Man sentenced over seafront protest disorder
BBCA man has been sentenced following disorder at a protest gathering in Weymouth.
About 400 anti-immigration demonstrators and 200 Stand Up to Racism campaigners gathered on The Esplanade on 4 August.
The protest was one of a number across England and Northern Ireland, following the fatal stabbings of three girls in Southport.
James Hepburn, 31, of Woolcombe Road, Portland, was handed a community order by Poole magistrates after he pleaded guilty to using threatening words or behaviour.
A previous charge of encouraging or assisting murder was discontinued by prosecutors.
Two police officers were injured as they formed a wall of bodies and police vans to stop the rival groups meeting, a court previously heard.
Hepburn was also ordered to undergo mental health treatment for 12 months, carry out a two-week rehabilitation activity and pay a £200 fine.
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