Boy, 16, sentenced after asylum seeker hotel riot
A number of people were arrested following violence in Rotherham
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A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced for his role in riots outside a Rotherham hotel earlier this month.
The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, pleaded guilty to a charge of violent disorder at a youth court in Sheffield on 8 August.
He was said to have been filmed on body-worn video cameras throwing bottles towards police officers and their dogs as they protected a Holiday Inn Express in Manvers that housed asylum seekers.
Appearing at Barnsley Youth Court on Tuesday, he was handed a 12-month youth referral order.
Due to the guilty plea, he was referred to a youth offender panel as part of his sentence.
The 12-month contract requires him within the sentence, which will be completed in the community.
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