Business owner went to pub to celebrate - then took his balaclava off

A balaclava-wearing thug who carried a box of beers to a large-scale disturbance outside a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers has been jailed.

READ MORE: Worried sister installed secret CCTV at brother's home... she was left sickened by what she found Prosecuting, Kate Gaskell said police were deployed to the hotel after reporting of a large crowd forming. Racist abuse was hurled as missiles, including eggs, bottles and bricks, were thrown, she said.

Mitigating for Leckey, who had no previous convictions, Rebecca Filletti said her client was ‘extremely sorry’. Butler, of Oldham, was captured on the footage approaching officers who were trying to move the crowd away, with a number of others. Joshua Bowker, representing Butler, said his client was there for a short period of time and did not take any weapons or throw any missiles. “His involvement is the words said and his demeanour,” the barrister added.

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