4 h. ago CCTV of asylum seeker 'following migrant hotel worker to deserted railway platform where he stabbed her to death with a screwdriver' is shown in court

Sudanese national Deng Chol Majek, who claims he is 19, went on trial on Tuesday accused of launching a 'frenzied attack' on Rhiannon Whyte as she commuted home from the Park Inn Hotel.

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7 h. ago Asylum seeker ‘stalked woman from hotel then stabbed her 23 times’

Majek was ‘clearly excited about what he had done’, prosecutor’s alleged, as he was seen dancing and laughing after the incident

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10 h. ago Asylum seeker who denies murder ‘found with woman’s DNA under his fingernails’

Deng Chol Majek contests the Crown’s claim that CCTV proves he stabbed Rhiannon Skye Whyte and then left her for dead on a railway station platform.

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10 h. ago Asylum seeker followed hotel worker to railway station before stabbing her 23 times, murder trial hears

Deng Chol Majek, who claims to be aged 19, denies murdering Rhiannon Whyte

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10 h. ago Asylum seeker 'followed migrant hotel employee home and stabbed her to death with a screwdriver on deserted train platform as she screamed', court hears

Sudanese national Deng Chol Majek, who claims he is 19, allegedly launched a 'vicious and frenzied attack' on Rhiannon Whyte as she commuted home from the Park Inn Hotel in Walsall.

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11 h. ago Hotel worker stabbed 23 times by asylum seeker at station, murder trial told

Deng Chol Majek, who claims to be aged 19, denies murdering Rhiannon Whyte.

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12 h. ago Sudanese asylum seeker 'laughed and danced' after stabbing migrant hotel worker to death, court hears

Sudanese national Deng Chol Majek, who claims he is 19, allegedly launched a 'vicious and frenzied attack' on Rhiannon Whyte as she commuted home from the Park Inn Hotel in Walsall.

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28 h. ago 'I'm a 70% DNA match for missing Maddie, you can't dispute the facts,' woman accused of stalking Kate McCann says in messages played to court

Julia Wandelt told Kate McCann: 'You are my mother, it's science no one can deny it', a court heard yesterday. She added: 'I am not a scammer, I am your daughter'.

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32 h. ago Jury sworn in for trial of Sudanese man accused of train station murder

Deng Majek denies the murder of Rhiannon Whyte and unlawfully possessing a screwdriver at Walsall’s Bescot Stadium station.

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34 h. ago Former teacher denies murder and sexual assault of baby boy he was adopting

Jamie Varley, 36, pleaded not guilty to 33 charges relating to the death of 13-month-old Preston Davey

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4 d. ago New owners of former Perthshire school building refute asylum seeker accommodation claims

Lumara Capital said this week: “We wish to state, in the clearest possible terms, that these rumours are entirely unfounded and wholly inaccurate."

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5 d. ago Man killed pregnant girlfriend after telling her to have abortion, court told

Shaine March, 47, has admitted the manslaughter of Alana Odysseos, 32, by diminished responsibility but denies murder.

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5 d. ago Civil servants working from home 'could miss fake asylum claims'

Home Office staff, who oversee asylum seeker claims and cases of foreign national offenders, are permitted to work three out of five days a week from home.

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6 d. ago Gerry McCann reveals reasons family didn't do Madeleine DNA test at 'stalker' trial

Madeleine McCann's dad Gerry told a stalking trial today of three reasons why he and his wife Kate did not agree to a DNA test which Polish woman Julia Wandelt requested the family carry out

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7 d. ago Man told 999 'I've just killed my girlfriend in the hot tub' Scots court hears

Aren Pearson denies murder by stabbing Claire Leveque, compressing her neck, and holding her head under water.

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7 d. ago Moment asylum seeker 'threatens to come to England and "pop pop pop" Nigel Farage while making gun gesture'... and 'marry' Reform UK leader's sister 

This is the Afghan migrant accused of making threats to kill Nigel Farage on TikTok. Fayaz Khan, who is said to be 26, has a gun tattoo on his face. He denies the charge and is on trial in London.

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7 d. ago Teenager killed in ‘blink of an eye’ at New Year’s Eve event, trial told

Areece Lloyd-Hall, from Westminster, has denied murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter.

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8 d. ago Three men jailed for violent disorder outside Epping migrant hotel this summer

Several protests were held outside the Bell Hotel after an asylum seeker sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman

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8 d. ago Man stabbed stepdaughter and her husband to death in their home

Derek Martin admitted the manslaughter of the couple in August 2023, but denies murder.

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9 d. ago Life in Britain's asylum seeker capital: How one of the UK's most liberal cities is feeling the strain of spiralling refugee numbers

It was recently branded the 'asylum capital' of the UK after figures showed it housed the highest proportion of asylum seekers of any local authority - 65 per 10,000 residents, totalling 4,023.

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