Ten cleared over Wellgate disorder

TEN Asian men have been cleared of violent disorder after a right-wing protest and counter protest descended into chaos.

Jurors at Sheffield Crown Court took just over seven-and--a-half hours to find all of the men not guilty following a four-week trial.

The men were arrested after trouble broke out in Rotherham town centre on September 5, 2015.

They wept in the dock as the jury foreman read out the verdict.

The men cleared of a charge of violent disorder are:

Mohammed Saleem (44), of Mount Street, Masbrough; Nasrum Rashid (22), of James Street, Masbrough; Moshin Mahmood (18), of James Street, Masbrough; Abrar Javid (38), of St John’s Road, Eastwood; Sadaqat Ali (40), of Milton Road, Eastwood; Imran Iqbal (30), of Clough Road, Masbrough; Arshad Khan (45), of Wellgate Mount, Rotherham; Shaban Ditta (32), of Cambridge Crescent, East Dene; Akaash Nazier (22), of Cow Rakes Close, Whiston and Asif Zaman (48), of Wellgate Mount, Rotherham.

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