Two brothers who looted a library during riots in Liverpool last week have been sent to jail.
Adam and Ellis Wharton went to the Spellow Library in Walton after violence broke out in the city on Sunday and the community facility had been set on fire.
Ellis Wharton, 22, went to the library with a face covering and rucksack and was later caught trying to steal a large computer.
He lashed out at a police officer and hit him in the chest, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Adam Wharton, 28, was a lookout for his brother.
Judge Neil Flewitt KC told him there was no doubt he had “involved and encouraged” his younger brother in the offence.
Adam Wharton was jailed for 20 months and Ellis Wharton for 11 months.
Their mother and a female relative cried in the public gallery and shouted “Thank you judge” as they were taken from the dock to the cells.
