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Asylum seeker accused of murder denies being at train station where woman was fatally stabbed
- On October 20 last year, Deng Chol Majek is accused of following and stabbing Rhiannon Skye Whyte 19 times at Bescot Stadium station, jurors heard at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
- On October 21, police arrested Deng Chol Majek at the Park Inn hotel at 05.06 hours and he was interviewed between 21.22 and 22.55, remaining silent throughout.
- CCTV footage shows a figure inside Park Inn hotel between 7.45pm and 11pm, prosecutors allege it follows Ms Whyte and throws her phone into the River Tame, while police recovered a dark-and-light-grey hooded jacket, silver-coloured metal jewellery, and brown sandals from Deng Chol Majek’s room.
- Paramedics treated Rhiannon Skye Whyte on the platform and she died three days later from a brain stem injury, and Deng Chol Majek told the jury he was not at the station, answering `No` when asked if he was responsible.
- He says his age is 19 and blames an incorrect German identity document suggesting he is 27, denying the alleged offences.
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Murder-accused Sudanese asylum seeker speaks out on 'hotel screwdriver attack'
Prosecutors allege Majek was caught on CCTV following Ms Whyte from the hotel to the nearby Bescot Stadium station, where she was stabbed in the head 19 times with a screwdriver on October 20 last year.
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Asylum seeker accused of Walsall murder tells jury he ‘never had a problem with anyone’
Deng Chol Majek told his trial he was “staying in the hotel, outside” at the time Rhiannon Skye Whyte was attacked, and had never spoken to her during around three months living at Walsall’s Park Inn hotel.
·Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
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