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13-year-old girl pleads guilty to violent disorder at hotel protest

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Wed, 14 Aug 2024, 11:38am
A view of destruction as volunteers and municipal teams clean up the damage around a hotel for asylum seekers targeted by far-right rioters in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom on August 05, 2024. Photo / Getty
A view of destruction as volunteers and municipal teams clean up the damage around a hotel for asylum seekers targeted by far-right rioters in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom on August 05, 2024. Photo / Getty

13-year-old girl pleads guilty to violent disorder at hotel protest

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 14 Aug 2024, 11:38am

A thirteen-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to threatening unlawful violence during a protest in the UK. 

The event took place during a week of unrest over asylum seekers and illegal migrants, and follows two twelve-year-old boys pleading guilty to other offences in a similar riot. 

UK Correspondent Gavin Grey told Ryan Bridge the girl was among a crowd gathered outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers, and was seen punching and kicking at the entrance of the hotel. 

He said that a police officer was injured when disorder broke out at the demonstration, and there was roughly 200 protestors there. 

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