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Migrant Who Threatened Nigel Farage on TikTok Jailed for Five Years

Deportation prospects hinge on disputed identity tied to an extensive Swedish record.

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Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s Reform UK party, arrives to attend the sentencing of Fayaz Khan, who was earlier found guilty of making a threat in a TikTok video to kill Farage, at Southwark Crown Court in London, Britain, October 14, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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Overview

  • A jury at Southwark Crown Court convicted Fayaz Khan by a 10–2 majority last week of making a threat to kill, and he was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison, with a further sentence also imposed for illegal entry.
  • Prosecutors said Khan replied to a Farage YouTube video with a TikTok clip declaring "I'm going to pop, pop, pop," making gun gestures and pointing to an AK‑47 tattoo on his face.
  • Khan livestreamed his English Channel crossing from France and was arrested on October 31 after arriving in the UK on a small boat, the court heard.
  • He identified himself to British authorities as Fayaz Khan, 26, but Swedish authorities say he is Fayaz Husseini, 31, with 17 convictions on 12 occasions and an outstanding six‑month sentence; a Swedish extradition request has been withdrawn.
  • Mrs Justice Steyn called the video a firearm threat to an MP and "pretty chilling"; Farage attended the hearing, and after sentencing Khan shouted that he wanted to return to Afghanistan, as the custodial term makes him liable for deportation.