Six guilty over Lozells race riots

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The six defendants, who had denied charges related to disturbances in the Lozells area of Birmingham, were variously convicted of charges including riot, wounding with intent, violent disorder, robbery and racially aggravated damage to property.

The jury cleared a seventh defendant of riot and alternative charges of violent disorder and affray following a six-and-a-half week trial at Birmingham Crown Court.

Those convicted at the trial - three of whom were cleared of attempted murder - will be sentenced on a date to be fixed.

The hearing was told that the "terrifying" mob violence - much of which was captured on CCTV and on a camera fitted to a police helicopter - erupted in the Lozells area in October 2005.

During the rioting, one man was stabbed to death, several others were seriously assaulted and shops were looted.

The clashes flared following rumours, which were never substantiated, that a black girl had been raped by a gang of Asian men.