Man jailed for dousing police officers in petrol
Image copyright Essex Police Image caption Police released aerial footage of the disorder Judge Samantha Cohen said Jackson did it to prevent them from making arrests. She said: “Initially some (of the officers) thought they were splashed with a disfiguring acid or bleach, but when they smelled it was petrol they feared they would be set alight.” Meanwhile, Jackson’s mother Janine Justin, 47, of Ward Close, was given a suspended nine-month prison sentence after being found guilty of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place. The court heard she had threatened police officers with a hammer during the disorder. After the sentencing, Supt Baldwin said that “to say that it does not have an effect on us is incorrect”. …