Lynden Parker: Enters guilty plea, case referred to Crown court

A man pleaded guilty to throwing a missile at a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers.

Lynden Parker, 26, of no fixed abode, was seen on footage shared on social media to be throwing an item at the hotel in Newton Heath.

“Two people had entered the hotel who the crowd believed to be asylum seekers, the police have said,” prosecutor Tess Kenyon told the court.

“Someone was also heard to shout ‘P*** c***’ before the bottle was thrown. The Crown do not allege this was said by the defendant.”

Mitigating, Mr Hewitt said his client ‘threw it at the hotel and then left’.

Remanding him into custody because of his ‘appalling behaviour’, District Judge Joanne Hirst said: “This inflamed the crowd and no doubt frightened those who were going into the hotel. You have previously thrown a missile at a football match and assaulted somebody, so there is evidence of previous thuggish conduct.”

He will next appear at Manchester Crown Court on August 19.

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