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Teenager accused of woman’s murder refuses to appear at crown court hearing

A teenager accused of murdering a woman has refused to appear for his first crown court hearing. Deng Chol Majek, 18, who is charged with murdering Rhiannon Skye Whyte, 27, was due to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court via videolink from HMP ...

21 Nov 2024 at 11:14

Witness describes ‘terrified’ screams of hotel worker ‘stabbed by asylum seeker’

A friend of a hotel worker who was fatally stabbed at a railway station, allegedly by a Sudanese asylum seeker, has told how she heard her friend’s high-pitched and “terrified” screams during a phone call. Jurors have heard Rhiannon Skye ...

15 Oct 2025 at 17:07

Asylum seeker who denies murder ‘found with woman’s DNA under his fingernails’

An asylum seeker who denies murdering a hotel worker was found with the woman’s DNA under his fingernails, a court has heard. Deng Chol Majek, who is originally from Sudan and claims to be aged 19, is on trial charged with the murder of ...

14 Oct 2025 at 13:14

Asylum seeker was ‘utterly callous’ after hotel worker stabbed, Crown KC claims

An asylum seeker accused of stabbing to death a hotel worker has put forward a “laughable” defence in the face of CCTV evidence which could not be clearer, a murder trial has heard. In her closing speech to the jury at Wolverhampton ...

23 Oct 2025 at 15:13

Murderer lied to jury about his age and claimed DNA evidence was untrue

Few details are known about Deng Chol Majek’s journey from Africa to Walsall, but he claimed to have left a pregnant wife behind in war-torn Sudan while fleeing from a solider who wanted to marry his sister. The only agreed facts ...

24 Oct 2025 at 14:41

Asylum hotel murder trial shown video of suspect buying alcohol and dancing

A murder trial has been shown mobile phone and CCTV clips said to show an asylum seeker dancing and drinking in a car park after he allegedly stabbed a hotel worker at a deserted railway station. The phone footage, filmed in the ...

17 Oct 2025 at 15:58

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

An asylum seeker accused of murdering a hotel worker has told a jury he was not at the train station where she was fatally stabbed and had no reason to want to harm her or kill her. Deng Chol Majek told his trial he was ...

21 Oct 2025 at 16:46

Murder trial asylum seeker denies lying about his age by claiming to be 19

An asylum seeker accused of murdering a hotel worker has denied lying about his age, claiming a date of birth suggesting he is aged 27 was “just assumed” by Italian authorities after he was rescued from the sea. Deng ...

22 Oct 2025 at 14:03

Teenager denies murdering woman who worked at asylum seeker hotel

A teenager accused of murdering a hotel worker at a railway station has pleaded not guilty to the charge during a video-link appearance before a Crown Court judge. Speaking through an Arabic interpreter, Deng Chol ...

13 Dec 2024 at 12:02

Asylum seeker was ‘staring spookily’ at hotel worker on day of fatal stabbing

An asylum seeker was seen staring at a hotel worker “spookily” and “like he was planning something” hours before she was fatally stabbed on a railway station platform, a murder trial jury has heard. Deng Chol ...

15 Oct 2025 at 16:21

Asylum seeker convicted of murdering hotel worker in ‘cowardly’ station stabbing

An “utterly callous” asylum seeker seen dancing and laughing after stabbing a hotel worker 23 times on a railway station platform has been found guilty of murder. Deng Chol Majek, who is believed to have ...

24 Oct 2025 at 16:35

Relatives of Rhiannon Whyte vow to stay strong as a tribute to her memory

The family of Rhiannon Whyte say the year since her death has been “hell on earth” – but they remain focused on keeping alive the memory of their quirky and caring loved one who “would always put ...

24 Oct 2025 at 14:45

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