Young Asians are being dealt very harsh jail sentences following the riots in Oldham, Bradford and Burnley last summer.
A youth, 17 at the time, has been sent down for a year and a half, another defendant was jailed for two years and three months. A further 26 people from Burnley are due in court on 2 September. Other sentences include four years for throwing three stones, four years and nine months for throwing two stones and 11 months for picking up but not throwing two stones.

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