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Protestors pelted British National Party members with eggs and tried to scale a wall outside a fundraising dinner.
Around 100 protesters turned up at The Chase Hotel in Ross-on-Wye on Saturday.
They demonstrated their anger with banners and placards shortly before 5pm.
A 19-year-old man from Worcester was given a fixed penalty notice for a minor public order offence.
Protester Tegan Cooper, 25, from Linton, said: "I heard about the protest on Friday and decided to go along.
"I don't agree with the BNP policies at all and I wanted to show my anger at the people who do by joining in.
"There were about 100 people at the hotel with flags and banners.
"Quite a lot of people went in but we didn't see Nick Griffin.
"We shouted at the other people as they went in and some people threw eggs.
"Two women even managed to climb the wall of the hotel but they were soon dragged out.
"Hopefully the BNP will now realise what people think of them."
The party hit the headlines this week when leader Nick Griffin was controversially invited as a guest on the BBC's Question Time programme on Thursday.
Administrator Sarah Brown, 28, felt it was important to show the party was not welcome in her home town.
She said: ''I live in Ross-on-Wye so when I heard the BNP were due to hold a meeting here I felt outraged."
Dozens of police officers, including riot vans and police dogs, were seen at the hotel.
Cars hooted their horns as they passed the hotel and police with sniffer dogs walked around the walls of the hotel grounds.
A West Mercia Police spokesman said: "A 19-year-old man from Worcestershire was dealt with by police as a result of the protest. He was given a fixed penalty notice for a minor public order offence."
Nick Griffin and BNP delegates left the hotel yesterday following the dinner on Saturday night.
Retired MP and chairman of Hereford Labour Party Bob Clay, 63, said the police presence at the hotel was a waste of taxpayers' money.
No one from the BNP was available to comment on the protest.
A spokesman for The Chase Hotel refused to comment on whether or not it hosted the BNP, but confirmed the hotel was closed for a private function on Saturday.
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Protestors pelted British National Party members with eggs and tried to scale a wall outside a fundraising dinner.
Around 100 protesters turned up at The Chase Hotel in Ross-on-Wye on Saturday.
They demonstrated their anger with banners and placards shortly before 5pm.
A 19-year-old man from Worcester was given a fixed penalty notice for a minor public order offence.
Protester Tegan Cooper, 25, from Linton, said: "I heard about the protest on Friday and decided to go along.
"I don't agree with the BNP policies at all and I wanted to show my anger at the people who do by joining in.
"There were about 100 people at the hotel with flags and banners.
"Quite a lot of people went in but we didn't see Nick Griffin.
"We shouted at the other people as they went in and some people threw eggs.
"Two women even managed to climb the wall of the hotel but they were soon dragged out.
"Hopefully the BNP will now realise what people think of them."
The party hit the headlines this week when leader Nick Griffin was controversially invited as a guest on the BBC's Question Time programme on Thursday.
Administrator Sarah Brown, 28, felt it was important to show the party was not welcome in her home town.
She said: ''I live in Ross-on-Wye so when I heard the BNP were due to hold a meeting here I felt outraged."
Dozens of police officers, including riot vans and police dogs, were seen at the hotel.
Cars hooted their horns as they passed the hotel and police with sniffer dogs walked around the walls of the hotel grounds.
A West Mercia Police spokesman said: "A 19-year-old man from Worcestershire was dealt with by police as a result of the protest. He was given a fixed penalty notice for a minor public order offence."
Nick Griffin and BNP delegates left the hotel yesterday following the dinner on Saturday night.
Retired MP and chairman of Hereford Labour Party Bob Clay, 63, said the police presence at the hotel was a waste of taxpayers' money.
No one from the BNP was available to comment on the protest.
A spokesman for The Chase Hotel refused to comment on whether or not it hosted the BNP, but confirmed the hotel was closed for a private function on Saturday.
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