2 w. ago Channel boat migrant is found guilty of murdering asylum hotel worker after stabbing her to death with a screwdriver

Deng Chol Majek, who claims to be 19 but has no documentation, stabbed Rhiannon Whyte 23 times with a screwdriver as she talked to her best friend on the phone.

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2 w. ago Asylum seeker found guilty of stabbing migrant hotel worker to death with screwdriver

The trial heard Majek had been reported to security at the Park Inn hotel in Walsall, where he lived and Rhiannon worked

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2 w. ago Asylum seeker convicted of murdering hotel worker in ‘cowardly’ station stabbing

Deng Chol Majek, originally from Sudan, had been in the UK for less than three months when he attacked Rhiannon Whyte at a deserted railway station.

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2 w. ago Asylum seeker was ‘utterly callous’ after hotel worker stabbed, Crown KC claims

Deng Chol Majek, who is from Sudan, was seen dancing on a car park after he is alleged to have stabbed Rhiannon Whyte and left her for dead.

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3 w. ago Asylum seeker accused of killing migrant hotel worker with a screwdriver denies he lied about his age

Asylum seeker Deng Chol Majek who is accused of killing a young female staff member at his migrant hotel has denied lying about his age when he arrived in the UK.

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3 w. ago Asylum seeker accused of killing migrant hotel worker with a screwdriver denies he was 'euphoric' after committing murder

Asylum seeker Deng Chol Majek, accused of killing a woman who worked at his migrant hotel, today told a jury he 'never had any problem with anyone', as he denied responsibility for the attack.

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3 w. ago Asylum seeker accused of murder tells jury he ‘never had a problem with anyone’

Deng Chol Majek claims he was at his hotel in Walsall when Rhiannon Whyte was attacked at a nearby railway station.

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3 w. ago Asylum seeker accused of killing hotel worker silent in police interview – court

Deng Chol Majek denies murdering Rhiannon Skye Whyte who was stabbed at a railway station in October last year.

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3 w. ago Asylum seeker who ‘murdered hotel worker’ was seen ‘having good time’ with pals hours after attack, court hears

AN asylum seeker accused of murdering a worker at a migrant hotel was seen “having a good time” with pals hours after the attack, a court heard yesterday. Housing officer Tyler English said Sudan-born Deng Chol Majek had “seemed sad” and “in a trance” beforehand, apparently staring at where Rhiannon Skye Whyte, 27, was working...

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3 w. ago Asylum seeker seen drinking in car park after hotel worker’s murder, court told

Deng Majek is alleged to have been spotted chatting and listening to music outside Walsall’s Park Inn hotel after Rhiannon Skye Whyte was stabbed.

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4 w. ago 'Murdered' migrant hotel worker 'traumatised by asylum seeker who abused her over 'biscuits he didn't like'

Sudanese national Deng Chol Majek, who claims he is 19, is on trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court accused of the 'vicious' murder of Rhiannon Whyte, 27.

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4 w. ago Asylum seeker was ‘staring spookily’ at hotel worker on day of fatal stabbing

Witnesses said Deng Chol Majek intimidated three female staff members and appeared to be ‘planning something’ at Walsall’s Park Inn hotel.

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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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