A man planned to fire Molotov cocktails through the windows of a hotel housing migrants and kill as many occupants as possible, a court has heard. Mikka Anderson, 24, from Hull, denies preparing an act of terrorism, including manufacturing petrol bombs and conducting hostile reconnaissance on the Royal Hotel in Hull.
He also denies possessing knives and other weapons for terrorist purposes, Newcastle Crown Court was told. The defendant, who is alleged to have admired Hitler and referred to himself as a Nazi, is said to have outlined the plot to a would-be accomplice in February.
Alleged plot details
Adam Birkby, prosecuting, told jurors that Anderson met a man, who cannot be identified by the media for legal reasons, in Hull city centre and outlined his plan to attack the Royal Hotel by the city's railway station. The plan was to kill as many of the migrants housed inside as possible, Mr Birkby said.
During the meeting, where the two men laid down their phones, Anderson revealed that he had a crossbow and had created a device he would use to launch the petrol bombs through the hotel windows. The defendant believed the other man was a fellow patriot who might join the plot, but Mr Birkby said that was a fatal error, as the man went to police two days later.
Arrest and evidence
Anderson was arrested, and police found knives, a crossbow and petrol bombs during a search of his home. Officers examined his phone and found his plans for terrorist violence were motivated by extreme right-wing ideology, Mr Birkby said.
He had a copy of the Anarchist's Cookbook, described by the prosecution as a how-to guide for the wannabe terrorist, and had made or attempted to create napalm, gunpowder and fuses. Anderson carried out reconnaissance on the hotel, which housed migrants until September this year, checking for weaknesses in security. The hotel had been the scene of serious disorder at anti-migrant protests in 2024, the court heard.
Defence and context
In February, the media reported that a 13-year-old girl had been repeatedly raped by an Iranian asylum seeker at a different hotel. Mr Birkby said Anderson later explained in his police interview that his reaction to that news was to tell a friend he was going to attack the Royal Hotel.
Anderson denies being a terrorist, and it is understood he will say the discussion about attacking the hotel was purely hypothetical and that it was the other man who tried to recruit him. He will also say the cache of weapons was not for terrorist purposes but linked to his interest in survivalism and doomsday prepping.
Mr Birkby said Anderson lived an everyday life with a job and a partner, but behind this veil of normality he was immersed in extreme right-wing ideology. He was an ardent believer in white nationalism and that white people were the superior race, and he believed in the antisemitic conspiracy theory known as the Great Replacement.
The prosecution said Anderson told a friend last November that the UK Government was building an army of cultist, fanatic, inbred lunatics and added that there were rumours the Government had been shipping guns into Scotland and that the weapons were being transferred and stored in mosques.
Mr Birkby said Anderson told an associate in September 2025: "I am stocking up and preparing for violence… Muslims aren't here to assimilate, they're here to take over. They're a literal bioweapon. One day they will turn this country into a warzone."
The trial, which is expected to last eight days, continues.
