Looting 'fuelled by social exclusion' Looters targeted large chain stores including Foot Locker in Brixton, south London.
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA After the riots came the looting. Model sisters weep as they are caged for six months for looting in an Argos store. HQ Interview With Looters & Rioters In London. Tottenham riots - the truth. UK riots: 'We don't want no trouble. We just want a job' Alex is standing outside the "peace wall" in Peckham, a woodchip board covering the broken window of Rye Lane's Poundland, which is full of messages of community solidarity.
His explanation for why he was at the riots is rather less civil minded. "For some people, they just wanted fun innit? … I was standing there seeing police getting ripped [attacked] and that. It was entertainment," he says. London rioters point to poverty and prejudice. London rioters resent media image of hooded teen thug. 'Riot yobs can't hide' Olympics girl Chelsea Ives, 18, ‘trashed cop car'