I'm glad that the courts and justice system have literally been working overtime to accommodate the high numbers of arrests. And the Government have seemed to encourage the judges to not be leanient as some decent sentances have been handed out to those caught. And thanks to the CCTV images, more will be caught and treated appropriately. I hope they learn their lessons.
Someone stole a box of bottled water and got 6 months!
And they were not all impoverised either. School teachers, millionnaire's daughters, post man, hairdresser... there was an 11 year old child too!
It was great to see community spirit spring into action. Hundreds of people turned out with a broom to help tidy up.