Nine years in prison for an asylum hotel rioter

A man who tried to set fire to a hotel  hosting asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years, the  longest prison sentence  ever given in connection with the UK's summer  riots.
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Levi Fishlock smashed windows and  set fire to a bin at the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, Rotherham, during a  series of  disturbances on 4  August.
Fishlock, 31, of Sheffield Road, Barnsley, initially denied violent disorder and arson with intent to endanger  life, but later pleaded guilty to the  charges.
Jailing, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC,  the Registrar of Sheffield, said:  "This is one of the worst cases of its kind  to arise from the Rotherham  troubles."
Fishlock's sentence, which also includes a five-year  parole period after  his release from  prison, is the same as Thomas Birley, who was also part of the mob, some of  whose members attempted to  burn down the hotel in South  Yorkshire.Not a valid attachment ID.
During the two-day hearing at Sheffield Crown Court, the court was told Fishlock  was wearing  a "highly identifiable" purple  T-shirt as he smashed the  hotel's windows  and threw bricks and broken  floorboards. Fishlock told  the arresting officers that  the missile launch and  shooting was for a "good  cause," despite  the fact that about 200 asylum seekers  and hotel staff  were trapped in the besieged building.

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