Man jailed for 9 years for setting fire to asylum seekers' hotel in UK anti-Muslim riots
Friday, 6 September 2024 () Thomas Birley, aged 27, received a nine-year prison sentence for arson at a hotel housing asylum seekers amid anti-Muslim riots. He admitted to starting the fire with intent to endanger life. The unrest was sparked by misinformation after the killings of three girls in Southport, leading to widespread violence and arrests.
With police tape blocking its entrance, the Rotherham Holiday Inn Express remains a crime scene ten days on from anti-immigration riots. The hotel houses asylum seekers and was targeted in a wave of..
49-year-old Trevor Lloyd, who was part of a mob that stormed a hotel housing asylum seekers during rioting in Rotherham has been jailed for three years. The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy..
False rumours spread online that the suspect was a Muslim and an asylum-seeker led to the protests that have seen immigrants, police and Muslims attacked.
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Friday, 6 September 2024 ()
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