RIP Peter Lynch: the first person to die in events linked to the summer riots. Having been sentenced to almost three years behind bars for his part in the protests, the 61-year-old grandfather died on Saturday.

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 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, the first inmate from this summer's anti-immigration riots, has died in prison. Lynch, 65, was convicted for inciting violence during the protests and had ongoing health issues. His death will be investigated by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.

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.