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.

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 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” at officers alongside a mob that had gathered outside the Holiday Inn.

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 man who called asylum seekers “child killers” and shouted racist comments at police during a riot at a South Yorkshire hotel has died in a Doncaster prison.

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.

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.