Power plant worker, business owner and handyman jailed over Southport riot

Judge tells Hinkley Point worker Gavin Pinder his part in violence is ‘difficult to reconcile’ with ‘highly responsible’ job

A “highly paid” nuclear power plant worker who laughed as he took part in mob violence outside a mosque in Southport has been jailed for two years and four months.

Liverpool crown court heard that Gavin Pinder, 47, had a “highly paid, responsible” job at Hinkley Point in Somerset.

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