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Man denies setting fire to carpet during disorder

David Spereall
BBC News, Yorkshire
Tom Ingall/BBC The embers of some heavily burnt property on a public street. A bike can be seen abandoned at the back of the rubble and in the far background is a car with its headlights on.Tom Ingall/BBC
Disturbances in Harehills last summer resulted in a number of people being charged

A man accused of taking part in widespread disorder in a Leeds suburb last summer is set to go on trial.

Robert Lockwood, 59, is accused of setting fire to a roll of carpet during the disturbances in the Harehills area on 18 July.

Mr Lockwood, of Brecon Approach, Gipton, pleaded not guilty to a single charge of arson at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday.

His trial is scheduled to start on 10 November and is expected to run for two days.

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