Jonathan Glover claimed the teeth were knocked out during a disorder outside the Bell Hotel in Epping.
Jonathan Glover was pictured outside Chelmsford Crown Court (Image: Yui Mok/PA Wire)
A man in court over the Essex migrant protest has been pictured showing off his missing crown teeth, which he alleged were knocked out by police officers. Jonathan Glover was seen outside Chelmsford Crown Court.
He has claimed the teeth were knocked out during a disorder outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, which is believed to be housing asylum seekers. Pictured outside court Mr Glover, 47, was captured pointing to his two front teeth which he says were knocked out. The 47-year-old also showed two teeth that lied in the palm of his hand. Mr Glover of Waltham Abbey, was not asked to enter a plea to a charge of violent disorder said to have happened on July 17 and was bailed until September 22, when an application to dismiss his case is due to be heard.
Jonathan Glover shows his missing crown teeth (Image: Yui Mok/PA Wire)
He was one of several men to have appeared in court charged with violent disorder following protests outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.
One of the men who took part in a demonstration outside the migrant hotel has been warned he is likely to be jailed.
Waitrose worker Dean Smith was remanded in bcustody until October 6 when he will be sentenced at the same court, he was warned the sentence would “likely” be one of immediate custody.
Separately, other defendants denied committing offences on 17 July.
Lee Gower, 43, from Epping, denied violent disorder and assaulting a police officer. He was remanded in custody until September 22.
Shaun Thompson, 37, of Epping, who was alleged to have punched a police car, denied committing violent disorder. He was bailed until a further case management hearing on September 22.
Mr Glover pictures outside Chelmsford Crown Court (Image: Chelmsford Crown Court)
Keith Silk, 33, of Loughton, pleaded not guilty to violent disorder. He also denied criminal damage, having been accused of damaging a sign belonging to The Bell Hotel, and was bailed until a further case management hearing on September 22.
It comes after Epping Forest District Council in Essex announced they want an interim injunction against The Bell Hotel in the town to stop migrants from being accommodated.
Lawyers for the council called it “a very serious problem” and said it was creating “a feeding ground for unrest,” stating that there is an “overwhelming case for an injunction”.
A judge imposed a temporary ban on the hotel taking in any more people on Friday August 15.
Owned by Somani Hotels Limited the hotel has been at the forefront of a series of protests in recent weeks after an asylum seeker who was housed at the hotel was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, denies the allegations and is due to stand trial later this month.
