An Israeli executive caused over £100,000 of damage to a hotel room in a ‘90-minute siege’ at one of London’s top hotels during an 'acute manic episode'.
Ofer Tsofan, 52, torched cushions and towels in suite 212 at the Four Seasons Hotel on Park Lane on July 24 last year, jurors at Southwark Crown Court heard.
Mr Tsofan was seen by security staff around midday demanding to speak to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and have his family flown to the UK from Israel by private jet, as well as telling staff to ‘f*** off’.
Hotel staff called a friend of Mr Tsofan to help do a welfare check on him, but the Israeli businessman hurled abuse at his friend for two hours until police were called, jurors heard.
Police arrived around 9.45pm and tried to enter the hotel room as Mr Tsofan shouted abuse and demanding to see his lawyer.
Mr Tsofan then let the officers into the suite, but barricaded himself in a room while
