Live Updates: Sentencing of Deng Chol Majek for the Murder of Rhiannon Whyte

Today, a High Court Judge in Coventry Crown Court will sentence Deng Chol Majek, an asylum seeker who was found guilty of murdering hotel worker Rhiannon Whyte at a deserted railway station in Walsall. Rhiannon, who worked at a hotel near Bescot Stadium, was brutally stabbed 23 times with a screwdriver on October 20, 2024. The motive for the killing remains unknown, and the jury swiftly returned a guilty verdict after a two-week trial in October 2025.
Stay tuned for live updates on the sentencing of Deng Chol Majek for the murder of Rhiannon Whyte.