Sudanese Asylum Seeker Jailed For Killing UK Hotel Worker
January 30, 2026
10:50 am
A Sudanese asylum seeker has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 29 years for the murder of a hotel employee in central England, in a case that has intensified national debate over asylum housing and community safety.
The sentence was handed down Friday at Coventry Crown Court, where Deng Chol Majek was convicted of killing Rhiannon Whyte, 27, a hotel worker who was attacked after finishing her shift in October 2024.
Prosecutors told the court that Majek followed Whyte from her workplace to a nearby railway station before attacking her. She was seriously injured and later …
