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Police outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley, Merseyside, after protestors demonstrated against asylum seekers staying at the hotel on Friday evening. PA

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Teenager arrested following protest outside Merseyside asylum seeker hotel to appear in court

Jarad Skeete, 19, of Aigburth, Liverpool, will appear today at Wirral Adult Remand Court.

A TEENAGER ARRESTED following protests outside a Merseyside hotel which has been housing asylum seekers will appear in court.

Jarad Skeete, 19, of Aigburth, Liverpool, is accused of violent disorder and assault by beating of an emergency services worker.

Skeete was among 15 people arrested amid the demonstration outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley on Friday evening, Merseyside Police said.

The other 14 people who were arrested – 12 men and two women who are mainly from the Knowsley area – have been conditionally bailed pending the outcome of police inquiries.

He has been remanded in custody and will appear at Wirral Adult Remand Court today.

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