First rioter sentenced for US Capitol attack gets probation instead of prison time

Anna Morgan-Lloyd was sentenced to three years' probation but judge warns other defendants not to expect the same leniency

A federal judge sentenced a Capitol rioter to probation, not prison time, after she made an emotional apology to the American people" for participating in a savage display of violence".

Anna Morgan-Lloyd, a 49-year-old Donald Trump supporter from Indiana, was the first person to be sentenced for participating in the 6 January attack. She will spend no time in prison after pleading guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building".