Care worker who streamed riot aftermath jailed

A care worker who livestreamed a group of masked and hooded men making racist comments on TikTok after a riot in Staffordshire has been jailed for nine months.

Cameron Bell, 23, was caught on CCTV wearing her work uniform as about 20 people, many armed with planks of wood and what appeared to be lengths of metal, walked through Tamworth on the night of 4 August.

Stafford Crown Court heard Bell was not present during violence earlier the same day at the town's Holiday Inn Express, which was set alight in the disorder.

Judge John Edwards said Bell’s comments on the livestream were abhorrent and had the "potential to fan the flames".

Rejecting calls for a suspended sentence, he said: “Anyone involved in violent disorder must command immediate custody, with the need for deterrence being acute.”

He was shown TikTok videos, filmed by Bell, of Worthing Grove, Tamworth, after she left work and saw the armed group as she walked ho