A total of 99 people have so far been charged with offences connected with the violence and looting in London over the last three days.
At least 40 of them appeared in court yesterday as surprising details emerged of the kind of people allegedly involved.
One was a man who was about to join the army while others included a youth worker and a forklift truck driver.
Other cases revealed the tactics allegedly used by suspects during the disturbances.
Officers allegedly found text messages on 25-year-old Kieron Samuels' phone following his arrest for looting JD Sports, which appeared to show the co-ordination behind the riots.
Camberwell Green Magistrates Court heard the texts included: 'F*** the fees!
'Everyone in south link up – bring your bags and trolleys!'
Samuels, of Peckham, was remanded in custody.
The majority of those who appeared at Camberwell were charged with burglary over the looting of branches of Currys, H&M, JD Sports and a string of mobile phone shops in Brixton on Sunday night.
Several alleged looters admitted to trespassing in shops but insisted they were looking for friends at the time to try and persuade them to leave.
More than 20 alleged rioters were remanded in custody.
Rickel Simon, 23, of Lewisham, southeast London, is alleged to have beaten a police officer round the head with his own baton during a scuffle as he was being arrested.
Others allegedly involved in the riot included 20-year-old Essex University student Banye Kanon, of Croydon, and twin brothers Icah and Micha Livingston, both 19, who are all said to have joined looters at Currys in Effra Road, Brixton.
Proceedings were interrupted for several minutes as their mother wailed in the public gallery, saying they would 'die' in prison.
She said: 'They shouldn't have been there at that time!
'I thought they had gone to the gym!'
The brothers, both of Tulse Hill, south London, are said to have stolen a laptop, were remanded in custody until next Monday.
At Highbury Corner Magistrates Court, Adrian Cotton, 25, of Edmonton, pleaded guilty to burglary in a north London ASDA store after breaking in.
The prosecution said Cotton, a forklift truck driver, had been stopped by police as he tried to loot the store.
He was granted unconditional bail and will appear at Wood Green Crown Court at a later date.
Wayne Wilkins, from Walthamstow, appeared before Highbury magistrates to face four charges. He is accused of possession of an offensive weapon, going equipped with an offensive weapon and two charges of assault.
He did not enter a plea and the case was adjourned. He was granted conditional bail on the grounds that he wears an electronic tag and adheres to a curfew.
A total of 525 arrests have been made in connection with the riots. The 99 who have been charged include 63 for burglary, eight for public disorder and two for assault on police.
Fire fighters and riot police survey the area as fire rages through a building in Tottenham, north London on Aug. 7, 2011. A demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. (Lewis Whyld/PA/AP)
Indian-majority areas isles of peace
The riots claimed their first victim when Scotland Yard said a 26-year-old man, found shot in a car in Croydon in South London , had died in hospital on Tuesday. PM David Cameron described the riots as "sickening" and almost tripled the number of policemen whose job would be to prevent riotous young people from plundering shops. Although he stopped short of calling in the military, the police considered using plastic bullets for the first time in the country.
Cameron, who recalled the Parliament from summer recess, tried to reassure the city's population, saying, "People should be in no doubt that we will do everything necessary to restore order to Britain's streets." He told rioters, "You will feel the full force of the law. And if you are old enough to commit these crimes, you are old enough to face the punishment ."
Parliament will meet on Thursday and there is bound to be a political fallout of this widespread lawlessness . The crisis will be a test for the coalition government , accused of making cuts in government spending which infuriated the economically deprived sections.
Leaves have been cancelled for the police in London and reinforcements have been brought in from all over the country. Armoured vehicles moved around in some of the worst-hit areas but even then it was difficult to deal with the chaos which unfolded in different parts of London , as well as inBristol, Liverpool and Birmingham.
There was no single unifying cause for the rioters. According to officials, what had begun as a protest against the killing of Mark Duggan, allegedly shot by the police, had now become an excuse for invading shops and taking away goods. Cops said it was a manifestation of "criminal greed" though some rioters insisted they were opposed to sharp government spending cuts and the proposal to do away with tens of thousands of public sector jobs. But most were attracted simply by the opportunity for violence. "Come join the fun!" shouted a man in Hackney, east London . All London police holding cells were full and prisoners were being shifted outside the city, officials said. Among those charged was an 11-yearold . Even Twitter was being monitored. The police issued warnings that those who posted messages inciting others could face arrest.
Notably, boroughs where Indians or Indian-origin people are largely settled have been relatively peaceful. West London suburbs of Southall and Hounslow, Harrow and Wembley in the north-west and Leicester in the East Midlands of England did not report any violence.
Cameron, who recalled the Parliament from summer recess, tried to reassure the city's population, saying, "People should be in no doubt that we will do everything necessary to restore order to Britain's streets." He told rioters, "You will feel the full force of the law. And if you are old enough to commit these crimes, you are old enough to face the punishment ."
Parliament will meet on Thursday and there is bound to be a political fallout of this widespread lawlessness . The crisis will be a test for the coalition government , accused of making cuts in government spending which infuriated the economically deprived sections.
Leaves have been cancelled for the police in London and reinforcements have been brought in from all over the country. Armoured vehicles moved around in some of the worst-hit areas but even then it was difficult to deal with the chaos which unfolded in different parts of London , as well as inBristol, Liverpool and Birmingham.
There was no single unifying cause for the rioters. According to officials, what had begun as a protest against the killing of Mark Duggan, allegedly shot by the police, had now become an excuse for invading shops and taking away goods. Cops said it was a manifestation of "criminal greed" though some rioters insisted they were opposed to sharp government spending cuts and the proposal to do away with tens of thousands of public sector jobs. But most were attracted simply by the opportunity for violence. "Come join the fun!" shouted a man in Hackney, east London . All London police holding cells were full and prisoners were being shifted outside the city, officials said. Among those charged was an 11-yearold . Even Twitter was being monitored. The police issued warnings that those who posted messages inciting others could face arrest.
Notably, boroughs where Indians or Indian-origin people are largely settled have been relatively peaceful. West London suburbs of Southall and Hounslow, Harrow and Wembley in the north-west and Leicester in the East Midlands of England did not report any violence.
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