South Yorkshire Police
A grandfather convicted of violent disorder during the summer riots has died in prison.
Peter Lynch, 61, was serving two years and eight months in jail after he pleaded guilty to being part of the unrest at the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham on 4 August.
He shouted “racist and provocative remarks” towards officers and called asylum seekers in the hotel “child killers”, Sheffield Crown Court heard at his sentencing.
A spokesperson for the Prison Service said Lynch, who had been at HMP Moorland in Doncaster, died on Saturday.
