Thug who set up a racist checkpoint and asked terrified drivers if they were white as his partner and her mother smashed the car during a family day out at the riots is jailed for 38 months

A racist idiot who stopped drivers during the summer riots to check whether they were ‘white’ or ‘English’ has been jailed for 38 months.

Jake Wray, 23, from Middlesborough, admitted violent disorder in the town on August 4, including attempting to set a car on fire, making racist chants and pushing a flaming rubbish bin between police lines.

He served a 24-week suspended sentence for spitting at a police officer and carrying a knife.

Judge Richard Bennett, sentencing at Teesside Crown Court, told Wray: ‘(Your) behavior was disgraceful and in no way reflects the values of the decent people of Middlesbrough.’

The judge said Wray’s offending was violent and “overtly racist” and amounted to arson that day.

Jake Wray, 23, of Middlesborough, admitted violent disorder on August 4, including attempting to set a car on fire, making racist chants and pushing a flaming bin against police lines. He is pictured with his partner, Megan Davison, who is also jailed for violent disorder

The couple is now serving a prison sentence for their part in the violence that broke out last summer

The court was told Davidson (pictured with Wray) is the mother of two children, aged five and six, who are cared for by her aunt

Wray, with an England flag wrapped around his neck and shoulders, is seen kicking a car during the Middlesborough riots on August 4

Jake Wray (circled in red) was arrested for stopping vehicles at an intersection and criticizing drivers about their ethnicity, asking them, “Are you white?” Are you English?’

Wray, wearing a striking red top and an England flag around his shoulders, stopped cars at a city center junction and was caught on mobile phone footage asking drivers about the color of their skin.

In the clip played in court, as he blocked traffic, Wray could be heard asking: “Are you white, are you English?”

The judge said the incident was so shocking it was shown on national TV news.

Further clips showed him setting fire to a rubbish bin that was pushed towards police lines, and helicopter video showed him interfering with a red hatchback which burst into flames minutes later.

Wray told police he was only stopping cars to warn drivers, but he no longer stuck to that story.

Judge Bennett said: ‘You clearly enjoyed the attention and power of being masked during a frightening event for those drivers.’

A clip was played in Wray’s court, wearing his England flag over his mouth as a mask, as he approached a police video operator and shouted: ‘You can stick your chicken tikka up your arse. Tee-Tee-Teessiders.’

Wray, wearing a striking red top and an England flag around his shoulders, stopped cars at a city center junction and was caught on mobile phone footage asking drivers about the color of their skin.

Harry Crowson, defending, said Wray initially denied the racist motive for stopping the cars ‘out of shame and embarrassment’.

Mr Crowson said the defendant had viewed the extracts in court repeatedly during several hearings, adding: ‘In the cold light of day he doesn’t even believe what came out of his mouth that day.

“He’s quite shocked by it.”

In September, Wray’s partner and her mother were also convicted of violent disorder.

The pair were captured on footage vandalizing a car while on a family dog walk during the riots in Middlesbrough on August 4.

Amanda Walton, 51, was caught on CCTV throwing a missile, damaging a car wing mirror and rummaging through a bin, Teesside Crown Court heard.

Further footage showed her 24-year-old daughter Megan Davison – Wray’s partner – jumping up and down on the roof of a car, smashing windows and pointing her finger at a police officer, prosecutors said.

They took part in the riot accompanied by their chow-chow, and a video showed both women holding the lead of the pet as the crowd made its way down Parliament Street in the city.

The street, which is at the heart of the city’s asylum and refugee community, was the worst hit by the race-hating mob, with vehicles, homes and businesses destroyed and set on fire.

Davison’s mother Amanda Walton, 52, was also convicted of violent disorder after throwing a missile, damaging a car wing mirror and rummaging through a bin during a riot in Middlesborough on August 4.

A car set on fire by far-right thugs on Parliament Road on August 4. The street, which is at the heart of the city’s asylum and refugee community, was hardest hit by the racist hate mob, with vehicles, homes and businesses destroyed and set ablaze

The pair were seen walking their dog during the riot on August 4

Amanda Walton (left) and her daughter Megan Davison during the riots

The court heard Walton took her chow chow (pictured right) to the riot in Middlesbrough on August 4.

Both women admitted violent crimes and were jailed for a total of more than three years at Teesside Crown Court.

Walton was sentenced to 22 months, while her daughter received a 20-month prison term.

The court was told Davison is the mother of two children, aged five and six, who are cared for by her aunt.