First Tamworth rioter jailed over hotel disorder

David Jordan, 59, was sentenced at Stafford Crown Court on Tuesday

A man who was part of a "baying mob" rioting outside a hotel that housed migrants has been jailed for racist remarks and hurling a missile at police.

David Jordan, 59, was convicted of violent disorder after video footage showed him throwing the object towards a line of police outside the Holiday Inn Express, in Tamworth, Staffordshire, on 4 August.

Jordan, of Tamworth Road, Tamworth, could also be heard shouting abusive remarks towards the hotel and swearing at police officers.

Sentencing him at Stafford Crown Court, Judge John Edwards told him: “You rightly hung your head in shame as we watched the video.”

“I have looked with care at the footage, you are front and centre of this baying mob for an hour-and-a-half,” the judge added.

Jordan was identified anonymously by a member of the public, police said.

Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Ellison said it was the first conviction Staffordshire Police had secured over the disorder.

"Our officers have been working incredibly long hours to investigate the vast array of footage available from both incidents we’ve experienced across Stoke-on-Trent and Tamworth," he said,

“I want to be clear that robust enforcement is continuing each and every day across the country and in Staffordshire.

"We’ve arrested 51 people and charged 17 with violent disorder offences so far, and more will be coming."