Hotel protest escalated into ‘mindless thuggery’, Essex Police say

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Aimee Dexter

BBC News, Essex

Greg Mckenzie

BBC News, Essex

PA Media A group of mostly male protesters, some standing on the back of flatbed truck with a white cab. Some are wearing caps or face coverings, while others point their mobile phone cameras towards the photographer. The air is smoky from flares and plumes of blue smoke are rising up from the crowd — There have been a number of demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, believed to be housing asylum seekers

Six people have been arrested during the latest protest outside a…

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