Mum who took her child in a pushchair to UK riot outside migrant hotel spared jail
21-year-old Nevey Smith chucked water at police outside an asylum seeker hotel in Manchester with her child with her.
A “misguided, naive and immature” young mother who took her 20-month-old son in a pram to an asylum hotel riot has been spared jail.
Nevey Smith, 21, of West Street, Oldham, threw water at police officers trying to keep order outside Holiday Inn in Newton Heath, Manchester, on July 31. She admitted violent disorder last month.
Judge Patrick Field KC, sentencing her at Manchester Crown Court on Monday, said: “You chose to join (the disorder) notwithstanding that you had your 20-month-old child in a pushchair.
“What on earth were you thinking? I doubt you had his safety in mind.”
Smith was handed a community order and made to attend reviews at a women’s problem-solving court, and carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.
Defending, Robert Moussalli told the court at a previous hearing how Smith had “lost her temper” during the disorder and “threw some water”.
The young mum is one of hundreds of people arrested and charged following a wave of violence on Britain's streets which broke out after the murder of three young girls in a knife attack in Southport.
Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died after the stabbing at the Hart Space in Southport, Merseyside, on Monday July 29.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, from Banks, Lancashire, will stand trial next year after being charged with three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article in a public place.
