By Press Association 2021
A vandalised police van on fire outside Bridewell Police Station
A man has been charged with attempted arson with intent to endanger life from the first Kill the Bill protest in Bristol.
Ryan Paul Roberts, 25, was arrested in connection with a lit item being placed underneath an occupied police van during a riot which saw vehicles set on fire and officers allegedly attacked.
On Friday, Avon and Somerset Police said the incident happened during violent disorder outside their police station in Bridewell Street, Bristol, on Sunday March 21.
The force said Roberts, of Madeira Road, Plymouth, is also charged with two counts of criminal damage and two counts of assaulting an emergency worker, and has been remanded in custody ahead of appearing at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, April 3.
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