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Rotherham rioter who tried to burn down asylum seeker hotel jailed for nine years

Rotherham rioter who tried to burn down asylum seeker hotel jailed for nine years



Sentence for Levi Fishlock was joint highest passed down so far for the nationwide disorder over the summerA rioter who tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years – the joint highest sentence passed down so far for the nationwide disorder over the summer.A judge told Levi Fishlock that he “played a part in almost every aspect of the racist mob violence on that terrible day in August”, calling him a prominent figure in the disorder outside the Holiday Inn Express at Manvers, Rotherham, on 4 August. Continue reading…



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