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Telegraph
a day ago
- Telegraph
Canary Wharf hotel migrant arrested after ‘entering blind woman's flat'
An asylum seeker believed to be living at a Canary Wharf migrant hotel has been arrested after allegedly entering a blind woman's flat. The man, who has not been named, was accused of walking into the flat near the four-star Britannia Hotel on Wednesday through an open door. Police initially took no action despite members of the public detaining him. But the man, believed to be in his early 20s, has now been arrested on suspicion of common assault. The Metropolitan Police has also charged a woman living at the house which the man entered with a series of offences. Channay Augustus, 22, is accused of assaulting a security guard at the Britannia Hotel. She has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon, affray, assault on an emergency worker and possession of cannabis. Augustus will appear at Thames Magistrates' Court on Friday morning. The family of the blind woman living at the flat have previously said she was left fearing for her life after the incident. They said the man entered the house on Wednesday after being followed by a group of men who had told him to 'go back to the hotel'. Asylum seekers have been moved into the Britannia Hotel this month after the Home Office earmarked it for use as migrant accommodation. The hotel has been the site of regular anti-immigration protests and pro-migrant counter-demonstrations in recent weeks. In a statement, the Met said: 'On Wednesday night we released an initial statement following an incident where a man allegedly entered a woman's flat. He was detained by members of the public nearby. 'Our investigation continued on Thursday, with officers carrying out extensive CCTV enquiries and speaking to witnesses. 'As a result of this, in the early hours of this morning – Friday, 15 August – we arrested a man in the Hackney area on suspicion of common assault. He is believed to be in his early 20s. 'We can confirm that this is the man who allegedly entered the flat. He is now in police custody. 'A 22-year-old woman who was arrested on Wednesday evening has since been charged with a number of offences. We can confirm that she is an occupant of the flat that was entered.' The force added: 'The alleged victim of the common assault is a security guard at the hotel, not the man who allegedly entered her flat.'
Associated Press
31-07-2025
- Associated Press
A 4th man accused in a fatal dogpile outside a Milwaukee hotel pleads guilty to felony murder
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The last of four Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him to the ground has pleaded guilty to being a party to felony murder. Former Hyatt Hotel security guard Todd Erickson entered the plea in connection with D'Vontaye Mitchell's death in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Thursday morning, online court records indicate. Erickson was set to go on trial on Aug. 11. He faces up to 15 years in prison when he's sentenced Sept. 3. His attorney, Kerri Cleghorn, didn't immediately return a voicemail left at her office. Erickson's plea moves a massive criminal case reminiscent of George Floyd's death a step closer to resolution. According to investigators, Mitchell ran into the Hyatt's lobby in June 2024 and went into the women's bathroom. Two women later told detectives that Mitchell tried to lock them in the bathroom. Security guard Brandon Turner pulled Mitchell out of the bathroom and together with a guest dragged him out of the lobby onto a hotel driveway. Turner, Erickson, bellhop Herbert Williamson and front desk worker Devin Johnson-Carson continued to struggle with Mitchell before taking him to the ground and piling on top of him, according to a criminal complaint. Hotel surveillance video shows Johnson-Carson holding Mitchell's legs while Erickson, Turner and Williamson held down his upper body. They kept him pinned for eight to nine minutes. By the time emergency responders arrived, Mitchell had stopped breathing. A medical examiner later determined that Mitchell was morbidly obese, suffered from heart disease, and had cocaine and methamphetamine in his system. The medical examiner concluded that he had suffocated and ruled his death a homicide. Attorneys for Mitchell's family have likened his death to the murder of Floyd, a Black man who died in 2020 after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for about nine minutes. Floyd's death sparked a national reckoning on racial relations. Mitchell was Black. Court records identify Erickson as white and Turner, Williamson and Johnson-Carson as Black. The four workers told investigators that Mitchell was strong and tried to bite Erickson, but they didn't mean to hurt him. Ambridge Hospitality, the company that manages the Hyatt, fired all four of them in July 2024. Turner, Williamson and Johnson-Carson were all charged with being a party to felony murder along with Erickson. Turner pleaded guilty to that count this past March. Williamson and Johnson-Carson both pleaded guilty to a reduced count of misdemeanor battery that same month. All three are set to be sentenced Sept. 3, the same day as Erickson.
Washington Post
31-07-2025
- Washington Post
A 4th man accused in a fatal dogpile outside a Milwaukee hotel pleads guilty to felony murder
MADISON, Wis. — The last of four Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him to the ground has pleaded guilty to being a party to felony murder. Former Hyatt Hotel security guard Todd Erickson entered the plea in connection with D'Vontaye Mitchell's death in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Thursday morning, online court records indicate.
South China Morning Post
31-07-2025
- South China Morning Post
Man's body found in Hong Kong flat, naked and surrounded by sex toys
A 49-year-old man has been found dead in a Hong Kong flat, with a source saying that his naked body was surrounded by sex toys. The source said on Thursday that the man's body was discovered in bed with blood on his nose in a flat at Wing Fat Mansion in Jordan. A large number of sex toys and bottles of lubricant were found at the scene, according to the source. A security guard discovered the body on Wednesday after he smelled an odour and entered through the flat's open door, the source added. He then called police at 3.38pm. The incident is currently under investigation, with the force saying that an autopsy was under way to confirm the cause of death. According to the source, preliminary autopsy results found no obvious bruises on the body.
Al Jazeera
23-07-2025
- Al Jazeera
GHF security guard details abuses he witnessed at Gaza ‘aid sites'
GHF security guard details abuses he witnessed at Gaza 'aid sites' NewsFeed A former security guard who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation 'aid distribution sites' described to Israeli media abuses he witnessed firsthand, including the potentially lethal use of pepper spray and tear gas. Video Duration 01 minutes 17 seconds 01:17 Video Duration 03 minutes 07 seconds 03:07 Video Duration 00 minutes 54 seconds 00:54 Video Duration 03 minutes 18 seconds 03:18 Video Duration 00 minutes 40 seconds 00:40 Video Duration 03 minutes 00 seconds 03:00 Video Duration 01 minutes 39 seconds 01:39
