A couple were separated for the first time in 25 years after being locked up for their part in a ‘deplorable’ riot outside a hotel where asylum seekers were living.
Tracy Pearson, 53, and Michelle Jibson, 45, both had England flags wrapped around their waists when they turned up on Oldham Road in Newton Heath.
Missiles were thrown towards the hotel as police tried to protect the building. A bus was also attacked, with the driver suffering injuries and being hospitalised.
Pearson and Jibson, who have been in a relationship for 25 years, have been held in prison on remand for more than a month, while awaiting punishment for their involvement in the riot on July 31.
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