Woman charged with assaulting security guard at hotel housing migrants - after resident 'walked into her flat'
Channay Augustus is accused of assaulting a police officer, assault by beating, threatening someone with a knife, and a cannabis offence.
Friday 15 August 2025 17:30, UK
A 22-year-old woman appeared in court charged with assaulting a security guard at The Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf after an asylum seeker allegedly entered her blind mother's flat nearby.
Channay Augustus is also accused of brandishing a meat cleaver and threatening to stab workers at the hotel.
The woman appeared at Thames Magistrates Court on charges of assaulting a police officer, assault by beating, threatening someone with a knife, and a cannabis offence.
The court heard she went to the Canary Wharf hotel at around 6pm where she confronted a security guard.
Quoting from an account given by a police officer at the scene, Hitesh Saini, prosecuting, alleged Ms Augustus arrived at the hotel housing asylum seekers as part of a group of around 20 other people and attempted to barge her way in.
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After being told she could not enter the hotel, the court heard she shouted "f***ing asylum seekers", before allegedly threatening to come back and stab the security guard.
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Emma Clements, defending, said Augustus has been a victim of multiple stabbings and has lost her vision in her left eye after an attack by an unknown man five years ago.
During the hearing on Friday, her lawyer indicated she would deny possession of an offensive weapon, affray, assault on an emergency worker, and common assault.
She admitted to possession of cannabis.
District Judge McIvor remanded Ms Augustus in custody before a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court in September.