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Matt Watts

HISTORICAL FACTS: Protester who assaulted police officer at epping migrant hotel demo avoids jail - The Untold Story

A carpenter has been handed a suspended prison sentence after he admitted assaulting a police officer at a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.

Jimmy Hillard, of Loughton, Essex, went to the demonstration at the Bell Hotel in Epping on Friday, a hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court was told on Monday.

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