Man pleads guilty to violent disorder and possessing offensive weapon after protest
A man has pleaded guilty to violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon after protesters clashed with police near the site of 18-year-old Henry Nowak's fatal stabbing.
Daniel Frost, 44, of Northam Road, Southampton, threw dustbins at police officers during the protest on Tuesday evening, Southampton Magistrates' Court heard.
He also admitted possessing a dog lead with a metal carabiner as an offensive weapon.
The 44-year-old was remanded in custody to be sentenced at Southampton Crown Court on 16 July.
Police were pelted with missiles during the disorder near the home of Nowak's killer, Vickrum Digwa, in the Portswood area of Southampton.
Protesters voiced anger that Nowak was arrested and handcuffed in December as he told police he had been stabbed and could not breathe.
Digwa had lied to officers by telling them he had been racially abused by Nowak.
A short time later, officers realised the student, from Chafford Hundred in Essex, had been stabbed in the chest. He died at the scene.
Protester Frost was charged along with Matt Styler, 50, of no fixed abode from Gosport, who is accused of assault by beating of an emergency worker.
She added: "He had around his neck a dog lead with a carabiner and wrapped it around his knuckles and taunted police officers to come and take it off him."
