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Prosecutors fail to specify exact charges against asylum hotel protesters

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10.09.2025

James Harvey, 22, and Luke Sharman, 23, are both charged with public order offences following a protest outside the Park Hotel in Diss during the summer.

About 150 protesters had gathered outside the hotel in the centre of the town, which was at the time housing asylum-seeking families.

Counter-protesters holding signs that read "refugees welcome" also attended.

Protests and counter protests were staged outside the hotel in Diss where asylum seekers were being housed (Image: Submitted) The Home Office has since announced asylum seekers will no longer be housed at the Park Hotel (Image: Newsquest)

Harvey, of Saffron Road in Sawston, near Cambridge, and Sharman, of Harcourt Close in Norwich, were arrested after police reviewed footage from both sides of the protest on July 21.........

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