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Sudanese Asylum Seeker Found Guilty of Brutal Murder

10/25/2025

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Asylum Seeker Convicted

Deng Chol Majek, a Sudanese asylum seeker, was found guilty of murdering Rhiannon Whyte, a 27-year-old hotel worker, on October 20, 2024, at Walsall's Bescot Stadium station.
He followed Whyte from the Park Inn Hotel, then stabbed her 23 times with a screwdriver, an act prosecutors described as callous.
DNA evidence linked him to the crime, and sentencing will occur at a later date.

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Badenoch Condemns Violence

Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, condemned the 'horrific' murder of Rhiannon Whyte by Sudanese asylum seeker Deng Chol Majek and urged protection for women.
She criticized the Labour government's handling of immigration and called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, citing insufficient findings from previous investigations.
She urged a deterrent against illegal crossings and reiterated Conservative commitment to leaving the European Convention on Human Rights to tighten border control.

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Asylum Seeker Convicted

Deng Chol Majek, a Sudanese asylum seeker, was found guilty of murdering Rhiannon Whyte, a 27-year-old hotel worker, on October 20, 2024, at Walsall's Bescot Stadium station.
He followed Whyte from the Park Inn Hotel, then stabbed her 23 times with a screwdriver, an act prosecutors described as callous.
DNA evidence linked him to the crime, and sentencing will occur at a later date.

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