Two more charged over Manvers hotel riot

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Image caption, The Holiday Inn Express in Manvers was targeted by rioters on Sunday 4 August

Two more people have been charged in connection with rioting outside a hotel being used to house asylum seekers.

Hundreds of anti-immigration protesters smashed windows at the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, near Rotherham, before starting fires and attacking police officers.

Graham Doherty, 35, and Paul Sisson, 37, have both been charged with violent disorder in connection with the rioting which happened on 4 August, police said.

Mr Doherty, of Common Wealth, Bolton-Upon-Dearne, and Mr Sisson, of Two Gates Way, Barnsley, were due to appear at Sheffield Magistrates' Court later, according to South Yorkshire Police.

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