Man handed longest summer riots jail sentence yet as he is jailed for nine years
A firework is thrown towards police during an anti-immigration demonstration near the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, August 4, 2024
A MAN has been handed the longest summer riots sentence yet as he was jailed for nine years today.
Painter and decorator Tom Birley, 27, helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing hundreds of asylum-seekers and attacked police with missiles during rioting in Rotherham.
The prison sentence is the longest so far given to a defendant arrested following the violence which erupted in many towns and cities in early August.
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