Moment Gucci jacket-wearing fare dodger barges through Tube barriers without paying

By PATRICK HARRINGTON, UK NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:16, 16 June 2026 | Updated: 11:23, 16 June 2026 This is the moment a Gucci-clad fare dodger barges through the Tube barrier - after reportedly emerging from a hotel that has housed asylum seekers. Two men who appeared to be staying at the taxpayer-funded Holiday Inn in Wembley, west London, force the barriers while other passengers duly paid. Footage shows the pair strolling into Wembley Park Tube Station at around 7am last Friday. One of them was wearing what looked like a £2,700 designer Gucci jacket. As they approached the ticket barrier, they headed for the disabled gate and pushed straight through it. The first man glided through, but the one in the Gucci coat and a black backpack struggled. He had to turn sideways to open up the barrier wide enough to get through. The men were said to have walked out of the Holiday Inn hotel - near the national football stadium - which houses migrants, under the Home Office's Asylum Accommodation scheme. A fare dodger wearing what looked like a £2,700 Gucci jacket was filmed pushing through the barriers at Wembley Park Tube Station Two men entered the Underground without paying, while other passengers duly tapped in The two men were said to have come from the Holiday Inn in Wembley, which houses asylum seekers One local said: 'I've seen them at the hotel. It is not open to other guests. I then saw them at the Tube station. 'They just pushed their way through without a valid ticket. They didn't have a care in the world. He added: 'One was wearing a blue Gucci jacket. I've worked in retail and it certainly looked real to me.' Siwan Hayward, Transport for London's Director of Security, Policing, and Enforcement, said: 'The overwhelming majority of customers pay the correct fare, and it's unfair that a minority avoid paying. 'That's why we are strengthening our capability to detect and deter fare evasion, as shown by the significant increases in enforcement activity across our network - from more customer ticket checks to more officers on the ground and higher levels of revenue recovered. 'Fare evasion is not a victimless crime. 'It robs Londoners of vital investment in a safe, frequent and reliable transport network. 'We are committed to ensuring that those who evade fares face the consequences of their actions, and that the cost of fare evasion is paid by the evaders, not our fare paying customers.' The Home Office and Holiday Inn were approached for comment. The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.