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Let’s step away from the courtroom for now and return to the unrest in central London last night.

The Metropolitan Police says it arrested 111 people after “unacceptable scenes of disorder and violence”, in updated figures provided on Thursday.

The force said its officers were attacked and subjected to assault during demonstrations in Whitehall.

People were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder, assaults on emergency workers, possession of knives and
offensive weapons, breach of protest conditions, and breach of a dispersal order, the Met said.

Assistant commissioner Matt Twist said: “It is shameful that some have sought to exploit this tragedy as justification for their own violence and criminality.”.

As a reminder, riots broke out in Southport on Tuesday night, hours after a vigil held for the victims. Since then, violent disorder has spread to London, Hartlepool, Manchester and Aldershot.