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Asylum seeker seen 'dancing and laughing' after stabbing hotel worker 23 times, jury hears
- On October 13, a jury was sworn in at Wolverhampton Crown Court as Deng Chol Majek, accused, faces trial over Rhiannon Skye Whyte's death at Bescot Stadium on October 20 last year.
- Hotel staff said they had felt intimidated and asked security to watch him on October 20, though no clear motive was identified beyond minor issues like broken biscuits.
- Court was shown footage that prosecutors say captures the attack and its aftermath, with CCTV timestamps showing Rhiannon Skye Whyte walking at 11.08pm and Deng Chol Majek closing the gap by 11.13pm before the phone died at 11.19pm.
- Rhiannon Skye Whyte died on October 23 despite efforts by a train guard and hotel employee; Deng Chol Majek denies murder and the trial is expected to last about three weeks.
- The defendant, an asylum seeker from Sudan who says he is 19, was seen dancing and laughing shortly after the attack and prosecutors say he threw Rhiannon's mobile phone into a river.
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perspectivemedia.comWitness describes ‘terrified’ screams of hotel worker ‘stabbed by asylum seeker’
A close friend of Rhiannon Skye Whyte heard three screams and then silence at the time she was fatally stabbed, a jury has heard.
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A Migrant Is on Trial for Fatally Stabbing a Migrant Hotel Worker.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A British woman working at a hotel housing migrants at the taxpayers’ expense was followed and fatally stabbed at a railway station by one of them, a court has heard.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Sudanese national Deng Chol Majek, who is supposedly 19, and victim Rhiannon Whyte, 27.WHEN & WHERE: October 20, 2024, at Bescott railway station in Walsall, England.KEY QUOTE: “He left her bleeding to death and then casually went back to…
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