An asylum seeker strangled and punched his girlfriend in their taxpayer-funded four-star hotel room, a court heard.

Mamadou Alion Diallo, 27, who is from Mali attacked fellow asylum seeker Zenabou Quedraogo at the Heston Hyde Hotel in Hounslow, London.

The attack came after an argument in Diallo's room at the hotel, the court heard.

Ravinder Johal, prosecuting, said the second assault happened January 4, 2024.

He said: ‘Both are asylum seekers.