Man jailed for violent disorder in town

The Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth was targeted in the disorder on 4 August

A man has been jailed after disorder in Staffordshire last summer.

Kyle Barber, 24, of Worthing Grove, Tamworth, pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Stafford Crown Court on Monday.

Barber, who was arrested after disturbances at the Holiday Inn Express in August, was sentenced to 11 months in prison. His sentence was reduced by the 161 days he has spent in custody since being remanded.

Rioters targeted the hotel which was believed to have been housing asylum seekers as part of a wave of disorder that swept the UK after the killing of three young girls in Southport.

Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent was among places which also saw unrest.