An employee of a company that provides accommodation for asylum seekers has been charged with misconduct in public office over sharing the properties’ addresses.
Houses in St John’s Way, Bracken Road, Clover Way, Elm Road and Chester Way in Thetford, Norfolk, were targeted by crowds over three nights earlier this month.
James Jobson, 62, from Highlow Road, Costessey, Norwich, works at Serco and appeared at Ipswich Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
He was remanded in custody and will appear at Norwich Crown Court on 14 September.
Norfolk Police said the charge was in connection to the “release of information relating to a number of addresses in Thetford, which were later targeted during several nights of violent disorder in the town”.
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