The claim
A man has been jailed for 3 years for waving his prosthetic leg at people.
Rating
The man pictured in the post on X, formerly Twitter, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to violent disorder. A court was told he was seen throwing a lit firework and a can during unrest in Plymouth sparked by the killing of three girls in Southport. He was also filmed waving his prosthetic leg.
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- [original] PA Media original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026