A suspect has been charged after an emergency worker was beaten outside the Suites Hotel.
A 19-year-old has been charged with violent disorder and assault by beating an emergency worker during a protest. Merseyside Police was called to Ribblers Lane, Kirkby, to originally facilitate a peaceful protest and counter protest at around 6.30pm on Friday, February 10.
But Merseyside Police said a number of people had turned up at the Knowsley hotel "intent on using a planned protest to carry out violent and despicable behaviour". A total of 13 men and two women, between the ages of 13 and 54, were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and taken to police stations across Merseyside.