Ryan Robert told court he had got ‘carried away in the moment’ during violence in Bristol in March

A protester has been convicted of trying to endanger the life of a police officer during clashes following the “kill the bill” protests in Bristol last spring.

Ryan Roberts, 25, was captured on camera pushing pieces of burning cardboard underneath two police vans, and placing industrial bins around an already partially burnt-out police car and setting them on fire, Bristol crown court heard.

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