Man jailed after climbing into hotel and hitting police shields
One of the first people to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers during riots in Rotherham has been jailed for three years.
Craden McKenzie, 26, was seen on video climbing into a Holiday Inn Express in Manvers on 4 August after the windows had been smashed in.
Sheffield Crown Court also saw footage showing the criminal in a crowd that was attacking a group of police outside the building.
McKenzie could be seen at the front of the crowd, hitting police shields.
Judge Richardson KC said McKenzie, from Barnsley, was a “central participant in the most serious aspects” of the disorder, which left 64 police officers, three police horses and a police dog injured.
He handed himself in and told police he went into the hotel to see the conditions that the asylum seekers were living in.
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