A FATHER and son have been spared jail for their part in the August riots.

Paul Johnson, aged 45, and Richard Johnson, aged 18, both of Crofton Lane, Orpington, were watching the riots unfold on TV at home when they decided to go and have a look for themselves.

They took a trip to the Nugent Centre in Orpington where their Peugeot was caught on CCTV in the early hours of August 9.

Two men, one wearing a balaclava, the other a woolly hat, were spotted jumping out of the car.

The man wearing the balaclava was seen entering the Game store before returning to the vehicle laden with computer games.

The car was later traced to the Johnsons, who, when arrested, admitted the offence.

Johnson senior pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods while his son pleaded guilty to burglary at Inner London Crown Court.

The pair were given suspended jail sentences of 40 weeks and 52 weeks respectively, and ordered to each carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.

A third defendant and family member, Alicia Johnson, aged 21, of the same address, was found not guilty of burglary and handling stolen goods after no evidence was offered against her.

In a separate case, Jameson James McCarthy, of Ravensbury Road, St Paul’s Cray, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing a large flat-screen TV on the same night.

The 24-year-old was found guilty of burglary at the Brighthouse Electrical Store in Orpington.

CCTV recorded a dark Volkswagen pulling up outside the store.

A man jumped out and ran into the store, returning to the car with a TV before fleeing the scene.

Police traced the vehicle’s number plate and two days later arrested McCarthy on suspicion of burglary.

A total of 28 people have now been sentenced in connection with the riots in Bromley.

Seven further suspects are awaiting trial and others are on bail while police investigations continue.