Man sobs in court as four found guilty of violent riot outside asylum seeker hotel
Four men who were convicted of violent disorder following a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers are likely to face prison sentences, a judge has warned.
Thomas Mills, 47, sobbed and collapsed in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday after he was found guilty of violent disorder, along with co-defendants Brian McPadden, 61, Paul Lafferty, 42, and Jonjo O’Donoghue, 21.
The defendants had, on February 10 last year but denied being part of the violence which resulted in three police officers being injured and a police van being set alight.
