Man Charged With Arson and Violent Disorder Following Riot in Leeds

Iustin Dobre, 37, was charged over the burning of a bus during a riot following the removal of children and social workers from a Roma family.

A burnt out car in the Leeds suburb of Harehills, where a riot happened the night before, on July 19, 2024. Katie Dickinson/PA Wire

A man has been charged on Saturday with violent disorder and arson after a bus was set alight in a riot in Leeds.

The riot, which saw a police car overturned and other vehicles set on fire, happened on Thursday evening after police removed social workers and children from a Roma family in Harehills, an inner-city area of east Leeds.