Violence began in Leeds suburb in July after rumours spread about treatment of four children taken into care

Four men have been jailed for taking part in “dystopian” mob violence that engulfed a Leeds suburb after rumours spread about the treatment of four children who were taken into care.

A judge said the disorder in Harehills on 18 July was “a chilling example of how a violent, anarchic mob can, with astonishing ease, achieve a situation of complete lawlessness”.