Overview

• Eight defendants from Cardiff have pleaded not guilty to riot as the case begins before a jury in Newport.
• Opening statements described officers being pelted with bricks, bottles and fireworks, with one petrol bomb setting an officer alight and injuries detailed to the court.
• Jurors were shown body‑worn camera and other footage of police holding cordons while cars were overturned and set on fire during hours of disorder.
• Prosecutors allege Luke Williams live‑streamed the disturbance and encouraged others to join, and say Lee Robinson hurled threats and insults at officers.
• The court heard that several others have already pleaded guilty to related offences, that some residents showed kindness to officers, and that anger grew as rumours blamed police for the deadly crash.