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Eight people went on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of violent disorder outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley, Merseyside, on February 10 last year.
Martyn Walsh, prosecuting, told the jury all eight defendants admitted being present on the night of the protest but denied violent disorder.
They have been bailed and will appear at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Thursday July 27.
Three teenage boys - one as young as 13 - were among those arrested yesterday
Five people have been charged with violent disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers, Merseyside Police have said.