Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola who stormed US Capitol jailed for 10 years - BBC News

Two members of the far-right Proud Boys group have been jailed for leading the US Capitol riot.

Dominic Pezzola, 46, who was convicted of assaulting police and obstructing an official proceeding, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Ethan Nordean, 32, who led the group's march on Congress on 6 January 2021, was sentenced to 18 years for a more serious seditious conspiracy charge.

The former head of the group, Enrique Tarrio, will be sentenced next week.

Before being sentenced, Nordean told the court: "I would like to apologise for my lack of leadership that day" and called the riot "a complete and utter tragedy".

"To anyone who I directly or even indirectly wronged, I'm sorry," he said.

But US District Judge Timothy Kelly told him that the events of the day broke a long political tradition.