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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.
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