Rhiannon Whyte was stabbed 23 times with a screwdriver in October 2024 (Image: PA)
The family of a mother-of-one brutally murdered by an asylum seeker have slammed Sir Keir Starmer for his record on illegal migration. Emma Whyte, sister of Rhiannon Whyte who was killed by Deng Chol Majek in October 2024, said the prime minister “does not give a s*** about us”.
Rhiannon, 27, was stabbed 23 times with a screwdriver in a frenzied attack by Majek at Bescot Stadium railway station in Walsall. The man, from Sudan, is believed to have entered the UK by small boat less than three months before the fatal attack and was jailed for at least 29 years on Friday. Majek is said to have tracked Rhiannon to the station after she finished a shift at the Park Inn hotel, where he had been living, at 11pm before inflicting 19 wounds to her head, including a fatal brain stem injury.
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Deng Chol Majek was handed a life sentence on Friday (Image: PA)
Speaking to the Daily Mail after Majek was jailed at Coventry Crown Court, Emma called for migrant hotels to be “shut down” and accused Sir Keir of failing to take women’s safety seriously.
She said: “Keir Starmer would not listen, he does not give a s*** about us.
“He’s the worst thing that ever happened to us.”
Rhiannon Whyte was a mother-of-one (Image: GoFundMe)
She suggested the prime minister was not listening to concerns about the dangers posed by migrant hotels because they were predominantly being flagged by women.
“Nobody wants to listen to women,” she told the Mail.
The family are now calling for more robust action on undocumented migrants.
Anti-immigration protesters gathered outside the court for the sentencing, with far-right activist Tommy Robinson joining the crowds.
Rhiannon’s family branded Majek “demonic and inhuman” in statements made during the hearing as he was handed a life sentence.
CCTV played at Majek’s trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court showed he disappeared from view on to a deserted platform for 90 seconds at around 11.18pm to attack Rhiannon whose son was aged five at the time.
She died in hospital three days later, after being found injured in a shelter on the platform by the driver and guard of a train which pulled in about five minutes after the attack.
Jurors deliberated for two hours and five minutes before unanimously convicting Majek of murder and possessing a screwdriver as an offensive weapon in October last year.
Majek is said to have lied to the court about his age, claiming to be 19 despite a date of birth making him 27 being recorded by authorities during a failed asylum claim in Germany.
Screen grab of a video played to the trial jury showed Majek dancing after the attack (Image: PA)
Presiding, Mr Justice Soole said Majek maintained he was aged 18 when he entered the UK in July 2024 but age assessments had concluded he was actually aged between 25 and 28, with the judge sentencing him on the basis he was 26.
The trial heard Majek had been reported to security at the hotel after “spookily” staring at three female staff members for prolonged periods.
No motive for the killing was given at the trial, but Majek had brushed past Rhiannon earlier in the evening as he left the hotel to smoke.
After inflicting fatal injuries on Rhiannon, Majek walked to the Caldmore Green area of Walsall to buy beer and was recorded on CCTV seemingly wiping blood from his trousers.
He returned to the hotel at 12.13am, changed his bloodstained flip-flops for trainers, and was seen dancing with other residents in the car park, within sight of emergency vehicles called to the station.
Defence KC Gurdeep Garcha said Majek continues to deny he was the person who murdered Rhiannon.
Passing sentence, Mr Justice Soole told Majek he had brought “devastation” to the Whyte family and that the evidence against him was “overwhelming”.