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.

The 61-year-old pleaded guilty after he was filmed screaming abuse at riot police outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in August, as riots gripped the country after the Southport stabbings. Far-right figures have blamed the police and courts for Lynch’s death, reviving conspiracies that flourished in the wake of the disorder last summer.

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

Grandfather jailed over race riot at Rotherham asylum hotel dies in prison - Peter Lynch was jailed for over two years for screaming abuse at police officers

A RIOTER who was jailed for two years for shouting abuse at cops outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has died in prison. Peter Lynch, 61, died at HMP Moorland near Doncaster on Saturday, the

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

A grandfather jailed for his part in the summer riots has died in prison. Peter Lynch was caught on camera verbally abusing police officers outside a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, south Yorkshire, which was housing asylum seekers.

Peter Lynch, 61, was jailed in August for his part in the disorder outside the Holiday Inn Express, in Manvers.

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 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.