A grandfather who was jailed after hurling abuse at police officers outside a hotel housing asylum seekrs has died in prison. Peter Lynch was locked behind bars for more than two years after he was caught on camera screaming “scum” and “child killers ...

He shouted 'racist and provocative remarks' towards officers and called asylum seekers in the hotel 'child killers'.

A grandfather who was jailed for taking part in far-right riots that swept the nation this summer has died in prison.

A man who a court was told had “joined the mob” of rioters who descended on a hotel housing asylum seekers in South Yorkshire has been jailed for his part in the violent disorder.

Peter Lynch was serving a prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to being part of a mob which gathered outside a Holiday Inn Express housing asylum seekers in August.

A rioting grandad who took part in the disgraceful disorder at a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham has died in prison. Peter Lynch, 61, was jailed for two years and eight months after admitting his part in the disorder at the hotel housing asylum seekers on August 4 this year.

Peter Lynch, 61, was serving two years and eight months 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",

A 61-year-old Wath man who called asylum seekers “child killers” and shouted racist comments at police during the notorious disturbance at Manvers Holiday Inn has reportedly died in Doncaster prison.

A rioter who was jailed for violent disorder and abusing police over the summer has died in prison. Prison sources told The Telegraph that Peter Lynch is believed to have taken his own life on Saturday night at HMP Moorland near Doncaster in south Yorkshire.

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.