Disqualified driver who drove more than 50 miles with his partner and 15-year-old son to hurl racist abuse at police during riot at migrant hotel is jailed for nearly three years
- Stuart Bolton, 38, travelled from Barrow-upon-Humber to Rotherham
A disqualified driver who drove more than 50 miles with his partner and 15-year-old son to hurl racist abuse at police during a riot at a migrant hotel has been jailed for nearly three years.
Stuart Bolton, 38, travelled in his grey Mercedes from his home in Barrow-upon-Humber to Rotherham on August 4 after watching live coverage on his television of the violence outside the Holiday Inn.
The bald thug launched into a vile verbal attack on officers while there shouting 'come here you P***, finish it, finish it', and 'one on one, I'll kill you. I'll kill you. F**k that, f**k that, f**k that'.
The lout, who claimed to have 'anger issues' because of his small stature, received a cut to the back of his head during the Rotherham mob violence.
He was snared by cops after he boasted at a Shell petrol station about taking part in the riot and officers causing the injury to his head.
Stuart Bolton, 38, pictured here grinning travelled 50 miles with his partner and 15-year-old son to hurl racist abuse at police during a riot in Rotherham
Riot police officers push back anti-migration protesters outside the Holiday Inn Express Hotel which is housing asylum seekers on August 4
In video footage played to Sheffield Crown Court, the ground worker business owner is seen shouting and posturing towards police.
Audio captures him shouting 'Come here you P*k*, finish it, finish it' and police, and 'You're a f**king dosser, you, you P*k* bastard, me and you now. One on one, I'll kill you. I'll kill you. F**k that, f**k that, f*** that.'
Prosecutor Neil Coxon said: 'He was not initially identified but came to the police's attention when he went to a Shell petrol station. He was driving a grey Mercedes - he was at the time a disqualified driver.
'Upon entering a petrol station he began to boast he had been involved in the violent disorder, stating that officers at the scene caused an injury to his head. The police then did a trawl of CCTV that showed two videos that showed this defendant after he had a cut to his head. It is him violently remonstrating with the police.'
Mr Coxon told the court Bolton is disqualified from driving until 4 April 2026 and he had no insurance for his Mercedes.
Bolton has criminal record of 37 offences, including for violence, theft, dangerous driving and driving whilst disqualified.
He pleaded guilty to violent disorder, driving while disqualified and using a vehicle without insurance on 4 August.
A drone view shows demonstrators protesting outside a hotel as police officers stand guard in Rotherham on August 4
Objects thrown at the hotel as trouble flares during an anti-immigration protest outside the Holiday Inn Express
A rubbish bin is thrown during the protest amid the burning rubble
As well as a jail term Bolton had the Mercedes taken from him through a deprivation order. He must also serve a three year driving disqualification.
Sentencing Recorder of Sheffield Judge Jeremy Richardson KC told him that he indulged in 'high octane abuse of police officers'.
'You were acting aggressively in the midst of utter violent disorder that the officers were trying to quell,' said the judge.
'You were encouraging the remainder of the crowd around you to indulge in violence. It was very provocative behaviour in the midst of mayhem.'
