Summary
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man accused of threatening to burn down a building at a Gloucester hotel which has been housing asylum seekers. Fouzi Alkhaldi, 38, who has been living at the Ibis Hotel in Saw Mills End, Barnwood, Gloucester. Is alleged to have made a threat to another man on September 20, 2026, that he would smash a laptop computer and burn down an Ibis-owned building.
Details
The charge states that he made the threat intending people to believe it would be carried out. Alkhaldi failed to attend his scheduled hearing at Cheltenham Magistrates Court last week and a warrant without bail was issued for his arrest.
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*The 120-room Ibis Hotel has been accommodating people waiting for their asylum claims to be assessed by the Home Office and has been at the centre of several anti-immigration demonstrations which started in the late summer of 2025.
Report source: Punchline Gloucester
