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A full-scale riot ensued, with buildings and police cars set on fire.

A court later heard that, unbeknown to them, they were recorded as they sat in the back of a police car on the way to the custody suite.

He used a long wooden pole with metal attached to the end to smash the van's windows and to start attacking a police car.

Defence barrister Oliver Norman said no forensic or fingerprint evidence from the overturned police car could be linked to the defendant.

A pedestrian has died after a collision with a police car in Birmingham on Wednesday evening, West Midlands Police said in a statement.