Asylum seeker guilty of hotel worker's murder

Deng Chol Majek, an asylum seeker from Sudan, was found guilty of murdering 27-year-old hotel worker Rhiannon Whyte by stabbing her 23 times with a screwdriver at Bescot Stadium station in Walsall. Majek had been staying at the Park Inn Hotel where Ms Whyte worked. He was seen following her to the station and later fled the scene, only to be caught on CCTV dancing and drinking. Despite denying the charges, DNA evidence linked him to the crime. The motive for the attack remains unknown.