Rotherham residents still in shock after attack on asylum hotel

Rotherham residents still in shock after attack on asylum hotel

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 far-right protests that swept across England following the murder of three young girls in Southport on 29 July, and the spread of misinformation that falsely claimed the attacker was a recent migrant.

Many in Rotherham look back on the violence in disgust, but some are still sympathetic to the grievances of those involved.