Man who threatened to kill Nigel Farage jailed for five years

Fayaz Khan, who threatened to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a TikTok post last year, was jailed at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.

A small boat migrant who threatened to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a TikTok post last year has been jailed for five years.

Afghan national Fayaz Khan, whose real name is Fayaz Husseini, made the threat between October 12 and 15 last year in a TikTok video, which Farage and the sentencing judge, Mrs Justice Steyn, described as “pretty chilling”.

Addressing a video from Farage that Khan responded to, Mrs Justice Steyn told the Afghan migrant: “You saw the widespread dissemination of Farage’s video as a hindrance to your attempts to come to the UK.”

Farage said he was “happy with the win” following the sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, but said he was “deeply, deeply concerned” Khan would be freed in 18 months.

The politician attended the sentencing hearing with security guards and sat in front of reporters.

Nigel Farage attended the sentencing on Tuesday. / Credit: PA

Mrs Justice Steyn said she was sure Khan gave UK authorities a false name and date of birth, but that “was not because you were hiding from so-called enemies”.

She told Khan it was because he has a “criminal record in Sweden” and an outstanding six-month prison sentence in the Scandinavian nation.

The migrant was found guilty of making threats to kill following a trial last week, after previously pleading guilty to attempting to enter the UK illegally.

Farage uploaded a video to YouTube in October last year titled “the journey of an illegal migrant” which highlighted Khan and referenced “young males of fighting age coming into our country about whom we know very little”.

Prosecutor Peter Ratliff said Khan responded with a video two days later which was played to the jury, in which he said: “Englishman Nigel, don’t talk shit about me.

“You not know me. I come to England because I want to marry with your sister. You not know me.

“Don’t talk about me more. Delete the video.

“I’m coming to England. I’m going to pop, pop, pop.”

Mr Ratliff previously told the court that while Khan said “pop, pop, pop” he made “gun gestures with his hand”, as well as headbutting the camera during the video, and was pointing to an AK-47 tattoo on his face to “emphasise he wasn’t joking”.

Khan asked his lawyer to apologise to Farage for making a threat to kill him, and for saying he was coming to England to marry his sister.

Defence barrister Charles Royle told Southwark Crown Court: “I have instructions from Mr Khan to apologise to Mr Farage and to his sister for any offence and upset caused.”

As he was led away, Khan shouted obscenities from the dock, begging to be sent back to Afghanistan and insisting that he did not wish to kill Farage.

Mr Ratliff said records suggest Khan had been convicted of 17 offences on 12 separate occasions.

The prosecution said his previous convictions included multiple low-level drug and dishonesty offences.

He has also been convicted of using threatening behaviour towards a public servant, carrying a knife in a public place, vandalism, and a separate offence of using threatening behaviour.

Khan has an outstanding six-month sentence to serve in Sweden for possession of a knife in a public place, but an extradition request from the Scandinavian nation has since been withdrawn, the court heard.

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