CCTV captured masked yob taking his balaclava off

RIOTS THUG WAS CELEBRATING ATTACK ON HOTEL WHEN HE REMOVED FACE COVERING

- AMY WALKER

A BALACLAVA-WEARING thug who carried a box of beers to a large-scale disturbance outside a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers has been jailed.

Ryan Leckey, 24, joined a mass demonstration outside the hotel on Oldham Road, in Newton Heath, on July 31 this year.

He was seen to throw a missile toward the hotel whilst others hurled abuse at the occupants and the police.

Afterwards, he went to celebrate in a pub nearby before he was caught on CCTV taking his balaclava off, Manchester Crown Court heard.

At the same incident, 42-year-old Darren Butler threatened one officer that he would 'kick your f***ing head' in before shouting: "They are protecting nonce's."