Portrait of the week: riot justice, Olympic success and Ukraine’s Russian advance

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Riots subsided after 7 August, a night when many were expected but only empty streets or demonstrations against riots eventuated. By 12 August there had been 975 arrests and 546 charges in 36 of the 43 police force areas in England and Wales. Rioters could be released from jail after serving 40 per cent of their sentence, as part of the early release scheme to ease prison overcrowding, Downing Street said. Ricky Jones, a councillor for Dartford, now suspended from the Labour party, was remanded in custody after being charged with encouraging violent disorder in Walthamstow. The judge told him: ‘It is alleged that using a microphone you addressed a crowd at an anti-fascist protest and, talking about others you described as “disgusting Nazi fascists”, you said, “We need to cut their throats and get rid of them”.’Lucy Connolly, the wife of a Tory councillor in Northamptonshire, appeared in court charged with publishing written material to stir up racial hatred.