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Woman charged with assault after migrant 'walked into flat' Woman tried to break into Canary Wharf migrant hotel, court told
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Police have had a presence at the Britannia Hotel due to protests against housing migrantsPolice have had a presence at the Britannia Hotel due to protests against housing migrants
A woman has been charged with assaulting a security guard at a hotel housing migrants after one of its residents allegedly walked into her flat, the Metropolitan Police has said. A woman tried to force her way into a hotel housing migrants after one of its residents walked into her blind mother's flat, a court has heard.
The migrant, who is in his early 20s, has also been arrested on suspicion of assault, the force said. Channay Augustus, 22, was part of a group of around 20 people who tried to barge into the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, east London, on Wednesday evening, it is alleged.
Footage began circulating on social media on Wednesday of a man entering a house after being told "to go back to the hotel". He was later detained by members of the public nearby. At Thames Magistrates' Court on Friday, her lawyer indicated she would deny possession of an offensive weapon, affray, assault on an emergency worker and common assault.
The Met said Channay Augustus, 22, has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon, affray, assault on an emergency worker, common assault and possession of cannabis. She is an occupant of the flat that was entered. The migrant who entered the flat, who is in his early 20s, has been arrested on suspicion of assault, the Metropolitan Police said.
The affray and common assault charges relate to an altercation at the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf later on Wednesday evening, police said. The trouble started when she discovered a migrant inside her mother's flat, a five-minute walk away from the hotel, the court heard.
The hotel has been a focus of protests in recent weeks. After chasing the man away, she went to the hotel at around 18:00 BST where she confronted a security guard who was trying her calm her down.
The alleged victim of the common assault is a security guard at the hotel, the Met said. The hearing was told she returned a short time later with a meat cleaver and started banging it on a metal barrier outside the hotel. She was later arrested at her home.
Ms Augustus, of Tower Hamlets, will appear at Thames Magistrates' Court on Friday. Ms Augustus, of Tower Hamlets, was remanded into custody to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 12 September.
Officers arrested the migrant in the Hackney area in the early hours of Friday morning on suspicion of common assault . The hotel has been the focus of protests in recent weeks.
"We can confirm that this is the man who allegedly entered the flat," a statement said.
He remains in police custody.
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