Rioter Sentence Almost Doubled

25 April 2012, 18:52 | Updated: 25 April 2012, 18:55

A man jailed following last years riots in Croydon has had his sentence of 4 years nearly doubled.

20 year old Adam Khan Ahmadzai from Feltham led an attack on a police line, robbed a bus driver, ransacked a shop and attacked a man at a cash machine

He had his 48 month sentence referred to the Court of Appeal on the basis it was unduly lenient.

The court increased it to 7 years.