Deng Chol Majek has been found guilty of the murder of hotel worker Rhiannon Skye Whyte, who was stabbed 23 times with a screwdriver in October last year. Majek, an asylum seeker from Sudan, arrived in the UK in July 2024. He denied being “responsible for that fatal assault” through an interpreter.
Rhiannon’s sister Alex Whyte said:
“Rhiannon had such a quirky personality. You would hear her before you’d see her. No matter what her day had been, she always wanted to make everyone else around her happy. She always prioritised family. That was the most important thing to Rhiannon. Obviously, she has a brother and three sisters. And my mum, who was her best friend.”
The jury’s conviction was unanimous.
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”