Asylum
hotel rioter, 61, dies in prison
2 days ago
Oli
Constable
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw5w8nl5ezo
Peter Lynch
pleaded guilty to a charge of violent disorder
A
grandfather convicted of violent disorder after taking part in rioting outside
a hotel used to house asylum seekers has died in prison.
Peter Lynch,
61, was serving two years and eight months after he pleaded guilty to being
part of the unrest at the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham on 4 August.
He shouted
"racist and provocative remarks" towards officers and called asylum
seekers in the hotel "child killers", Sheffield Crown Court heard at
his sentencing.
A
spokesperson for the Prison Service said Lynch, who had been at HMP Moorland in
Doncaster, died on Saturday.
"As
with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will
investigate," the spokesperson added.
"Family
man" Lynch, who had suffered a heart attack earlier in the year and had
also been diagnosed with diabetes, had gone to the hotel to protest against
immigration, his defence barrister said.
He had
"a general conspiracy theory against anyone and any form of
authority", and had taken a placard referencing the "deep state"
and space agency Nasa.
Video played
to the court showed Lynch "revving up" the situation before it turned
violent and calling the police "scum", the judge said.
PA Media A
man, wearing a blue England football hat, holds a white placard with blue
writing. The writing says government ministers and MPs are corrupt, as are
police chiefs, journalists, judges and the deep state, among a lot of other
agencies.PA Media
He was
jailed on 22 August following his guilty plea to violent disorder.
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