Three jailed over violent disorder in Plymouth city centre

McGuire and Williams were aligned with a far-right protest, while Skeaping was aligned with an anti-fascist protest, the court heard.

It was shown police body-worn footage that showed McGuire spitting on police and goading them with abuse.

Williams was seen in separate footage launching into a torrent of racist and homophobic abuse while he was being arrested.

Sentencing McGuire and Williams, Judge Robert Linford said they “added oxygen to the fire of disorder”.

“The word is going to go out from this court that we don’t want you behaving in this way,” he said.

“If you come here and do this you are going inside and you are going inside for a considerable period of time.”

Sentencing Skeaping, he said: “You did not come into the city looking for a fight, you came here to protest and to do so peacefully.

“But things rapidly deteriorated. The tension was ramped up and missiles started to be thrown.”