Extra courts to prosecute UK rioters

August 10, 2011 17:55

Meanwhile, Britain will set up extra courts to quickly prosecute "thugs" who indulged in looting and rioting in English cities as Prime Minister David Cameron today warned of more arrests as police worked through "picture by picture" from CCTV images.

More than a 1,000 people have been arrested in centres including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol and Leicester during four nights of rioting.

The Metropolitan police arrested 81 people yesterday in London, where it was much quieter with 16,000 police officers from forces around the country on the streets.

Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham bore the brunt of the latest rioting and looting, with trouble also erupting in Liverpool, Salford, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Bristol and Gloucester.

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