Tattooed thug kicks police officer on the ground after he fell while protecting hotel
A South Yorkshire man who kicked and punched police as they protected a hotel in Rotherham housing asylum seekers has been jailed.
Christian Ivermee, 31, of Chapel Street, Mexborough, was part of the mob that took part in riots at the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers on August 4. He was seen on footage kicking an officer who had fallen down as he was trying to protect the hotel.
Ivermee was also captured throwing a large piece of wood at officers with shields.
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Sentencing Ivermee for violent disorder at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday, September 13, Judge Sarah Wright described how he goaded officers before throwing a large piece of wood at police and then assaulted them “more than once, including kicking and punching”.
Judge Wright said: “Your actions were particularly violent and you were enthusiastically involved in protracted threats and violence. The police officers behaved with immense professionalism in the face of a determined and violent mob.”
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The judge said she had taken into account references which painted a picture of a caring man who looked after his grandmother, and who had never been in trouble with the law before, despite a difficult upbringing.
She added: “The man they’ve described is unrecognisable from the footage that I have seen. You were part of a violent mob and you were playing your part to the full.”