NEWS STORY : Levi Fishlock Imprisoned for Nine Years for Involvement in Rotherham Riots

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Levi Fishlock has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment for deliberately attempting to endanger the lives of hotel staff and asylum seekers staying at the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, Rotherham. Fishlock said that injuring or killing hotel staff and asylum seekers would be “for a good cause”.

Judge Jeremy Richardson said at the sentencing:

“You were a prominent participant. You played a part in almost every aspect of the racist mob violence on that terrible day in August in Rotherham. You and many like you were intent on spreading a hateful message of violence and racism. From first to last, the venom of racism infected the entirety of what occurred.”

Fishlock’s attempt to kill innocent members of the public as well as endanger and harm police was one of the worst incidents of the rioting which took place in summer 2024. It was revealed in court that Fishlock had a history of violent behaviour and had been involved with incidents of violent disorder and an assault occasioning actual bodily harm in the past.