https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/tags/communityorder/Recent content in communityorder on Gloucestershire DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 16 Apr 2026 04:55:00 +0000https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/man-avoids-prison-after-threatening-to-bomb-asylum-seeker-hotel/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:55:00 +0000https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/man-avoids-prison-after-threatening-to-bomb-asylum-seeker-hotel/Benji Griffiths, a 37-year-old man from Coleford, Gloucestershire, narrowly escaped prison despite making serious threats to bomb an asylum seeker hotel in Gloucester. Griffiths called the Ibis Hotel twice in September last year, explicitly threatening to bring a bomb to the premises, which temporarily houses asylum seekers. The incidents occurred on September 9 and 12, just days after anti-migrant protests had taken place outside the hotel. During the first call, Griffiths expressed anger over the asylum seekers being accommodated there and stated, “I’m going to bring a bomb to the hotel.https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/man-who-threatened-to-bomb-hotel-housing-asylum-seekers-avoids-prison/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:55:00 +0000https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/man-who-threatened-to-bomb-hotel-housing-asylum-seekers-avoids-prison/Benji Griffiths, a 37-year-old man from Gloucestershire, made alarming threats to blow up a hotel housing asylum seekers but has avoided jail time despite admitting to the offenses. Griffiths placed two threatening phone calls to the Ibis Hotel in Gloucester on September 9 and 12 last year, expressing anger over asylum seekers temporarily housed there by the UK government. Following an anti-migration protest outside the hotel days earlier, Griffiths called to ask about room availability, then twice declared his intention to bring a bomb to the hotel.