A grandfather who armed himself with a wooden cosh and joined a "mob" who attacked police and damaged buildings has been jailed for two years and eight months.Retired welder William Nelson Morgan, 69, was sentenced for violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon at Liverpool Crown Court after a hearing was fast-tracked following his guilty pleas at the city's magistrates' court on Monday.John O'Malley, 43, appeared alongside him in the dock and was also jailed for two years and eight

A grandfather who armed himself with a wooden cosh and joined a "mob" who attacked police and damaged buildings has been jailed for two years and eight months.Retired welder William Nelson Morgan, 69, was sentenced for violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon at Liverpool Crown Court after a hearing was fast-tracked following his guilty pleas at the city's magistrates' court on Monday.John O'Malley, 43, appeared alongside him in the dock and was also jailed for two years and eight months after admitting violent disorder in Southport.