Two brothers have each been jailed for three years for their part in rioting outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.

Scott and Jason McGuire were part of the disorder which engulfed the Holiday Inn Express near Rotherham, on August 4 2024, Sheffield Crown Court heard on Monday.

Judge Jeremy Richardson KC outlined how the McGuire brothers were at the forefront of the “mob” during the most serious part of the disorder on that Sunday afternoon.

Police officers and the hotel itself were pelted with missiles as more than 200 asylum seekers and 22 staff were trapped inside.

At one point, the rioters smashed their way into the building and a burning wheelie-bin was pushed against a fire door.

A total of 64 officers were injured in the violence along with police horses and a dog.Judge Richard

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