An arsonist who took part in rioting over the Southport knife attacks has been jailed for nine years.
Thomas Birley, a painter and decorator, has been handed the longest prison sentence so far following the rioting in early August.
Birley was part of a group that smashed windows at a Holiday Inn in Manvers, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and added wood to a fire against the building.
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