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Deng Chol Majek Denies Station Killing in Testimony at Wolverhampton Trial

Jurors are assessing disputed CCTV said to link him to the platform attack.

Overview

  • Majek told the court he was outside the Park Inn hotel at the time, said he had never spoken to Rhiannon Whyte, and denied any reason to harm her.
  • He rejects being the person on CCTV at Bescot Stadium station or the figure seen throwing Whyte’s phone into the River Tame.
  • Prosecutors say CCTV shows a man following Whyte from the hotel before she was stabbed 19 times in the head with a screwdriver and later died in hospital.
  • Agreed facts read to jurors state police arrested Majek at 05:06 on October 21, 2024, and that he remained silent during a legally represented interview that night.
  • The defence argues misidentification, while the prosecution questions his claimed age of 19, citing a discontinued German report listing a 1998 birthdate which he attributes to a documentation error.