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Girl, 13, becomes Britain’s youngest female rioter after joining mob who hurled missiles at migrant hotel
Teen part of 200-strong crowd that injured cop and hurled bricks
A GIRL of 13 has become Britain’s youngest convicted female rioter after joining a mob hurling missiles at a migrant hotel.
The teen was involved in the anti-immigration demonstration in Aldershot, Hampshire, as violence flared across the country.
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A 200-strong mob stormed the Potters International Hotel, which was housing asylum seekers, on July 31.
Today, the girl held her mum’s hand in court as she admitted violent disorder, though exact details of the offences were not read out.
The girl’s lawyer, Ruth Cassidy, said the youngster had been removed from mainstream schools because of “issues around bullying”.
She urged the judge to consider all sentencing options because of her age.
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Granting her unconditional bail, District Judge Tim Pattinson adjourned sentencing until September 30.
The girl was charged alongside 12 adults over the same night of carnage.
One police officer was injured during the disorder but is expected to make a full recovery.
It comes a day after the country’s most prolific rioter was revealed as a 12-year-old boy who took part in two different attacks.
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The youngster was seen handing rocks to yobs outside a hotel housing asylum seekers and hurling stones at cops.
Three days later he was seen wearing a balaclava while throwing more objects at officers and joining looters.
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District Judge Joanne Hirst warned the lad he would face "consequences" – and told his mum: "He's more involved in the violence and disorder than any other defendant I've seen coming through these courts, adult or child."
Speaking to the boy at Manchester magistrates' court, she said: "You have gone out not once but twice.
"You are the first person I have dealt with to have been involved in two.
"It's time to stop letting your mum down now. You are to do one thing — do as you're told."
He joined the Manchester riot on July 31 — and on August 3 was in more city centre disorder.
CCTV also caught him smashing a vape shop's windows and with a crowd of looters outside a Sainsbury's before throwing a missile at cops.
His lawyer said the lad accepted "full responsibility" and is "absolutely ashamed".
Meanwhile, another 12-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was caught on CCTV pelting cops with missiles in Southport.
He appeared at Liverpool Youth Court on Monday to plead guilty to violent disorder in the Merseyside town on July 30.
Rioting erupted the day after six-year-old Bebe King, Alice da Silva Aguiar, aged nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, aged seven, were stabbed in a rampage at the Hart Space Studio.
Posts wrongly claimed suspect Axel Rudakubana, 18, was a Muslim asylum seeker when he was born in Cardiff and raised Christian.
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Cops have made more than 975 arrests and brought 546 charges over the disorder across the UK.
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