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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd and agency

Teenager sentenced for throwing fireworks at police at Merseyside asylum protest

Jared Skeete
Jared Skeete was ‘only there for the anarchy’, his lawyer said. Photograph: Merseyside police/PA

A teenager who threw lit fireworks at police officers during a “shameful” protest outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers has been sentenced to three years’ detention.

Jared Skeete, 19, snorted ketamine in front of the line of riot police as he shouted abuse at them during the disorder outside the Suites hotel in Knowsley on 10 February, Liverpool crown court heard on Monday.

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