Claim: Rhiannon Whyte was a young mother who was murdered by an asylum seeker who was placed in the hotel where she worked.
100%- Rhiannon Whyte was a 27-year-old mother to a five-year-old son.12
- She was murdered by Deng Chol Majek, a Sudanese asylum seeker who had arrived in the UK by small boat approximately three months prior to the attack.12
- Majek was living at the Park Inn Hotel in Walsall, which was being used to temporarily house asylum seekers, and where Whyte worked helping with cleaning and serving food.23
- Whyte was stalked and attacked on 20 October 2024 after finishing her shift; Majek followed her to Bescot Stadium railway station where he stabbed her more than 20 times in the head with a screwdriver.24
- She died in hospital three days later from catastrophic injuries.2
Overall validity: 100%
- Rhiannon Whyte's family haunted by death of asylum hotel worker
- Asylum seeker jailed for 29 years for Rhiannon Whyte murder - BBC
- Asylum seeker who murdered hotel worker Rhiannon Whyte jailed for life | News UK | Metro News
- Asylum seeker who laughed and danced after stabbing hotel worker jailed for life | The Independent