Teenager sentenced for throwing fireworks at police during asylum hotel protest

Jared Skeete, 19, sentenced to three years’ detention over incident outside Suites hotel in Merseyside

A teenager who threw lit fireworks at police officers during a “shameful” protest outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers has been sentenced to three years’ detention.

Jared Skeete, 19, snorted ketamine in front of the line of riot police as he shouted abuse at them during the disorder outside the Suites hotel in Knowsley on 10 February, Liverpool crown court heard on Monday.