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Evening Standard
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Dave Higgens

Man admits stoking fire outside hotel housing asylum seekers during riot

Levi Fishlock during an anti-immigration demonstration outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

A 31-year-old man has admitted arson with intent to endanger the lives of dozens of asylum seekers and staff who were trapped inside a hotel as rioters besieged the building.

Levi Fishlock was a prominent figure in the disorder outside the Holiday Inn Express at Manvers, Rotherham, on August 4 – especially as he was wearing a distinctive purple England football shirt with “Bellingham” written on the back.

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