Rotherham disorder: Two jailed over unrest at migrant hotel
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2024
- Two men were jailed for a total of five years over their parts in unrest at a hotel used to house asylum seekers.
Elliott Wragg, 23, and Stuart Bolton, 38, were part of a mob that congregated outside the Holiday Inn Express in the Manvers area of Rotherham on August 4.
Wragg was among a group of between 70 and 100 rioters who launched missiles at police, while Bolton screamed abuse and goaded officers who were trying to protect the hotel.
The pair were sentenced together during a hearing at Sheffield Crown Court.
Wragg, from Barnsley, admitted violent disorder and was jailed for two years and four months.
Bolton, who had travelled 50 miles from his home in North Lincolnshire to join the demonstration, also admitted violent disorder and was jailed for two years and eight months.
He further admitted driving while disqualified and with no insurance and was banned from driving for three years, while the court also ordered confiscation of his Mercedes car.
The judge, the Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC, told the pair: "You each participated in violent incidents which have cast a very ugly stain on this country."
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