Tamworth Rioter Convicted as Eight Remanded in Custody
Mitchell Cleaver pleads guilty to riot charge after violent protest at hotel housing asylum seekers.
- Mitchell Cleaver, 25, admitted to a riot charge and will be sentenced on November 11.
- Cleaver was involved in the August 4 disorder at a Tamworth hotel, resulting in significant violence and damage.
- Eight individuals, including Cleaver, have been remanded in custody in connection with the incident.
- Care worker Cameron Bell, who livestreamed the protest, admitted to violent disorder and faces sentencing in late October.
- The protest, which targeted a hotel housing asylum seekers, left one police officer with a suspected broken arm.