Man jailed for five years for Farage death threat
Nigel Farage, a man who came to the United Kingdom on a tiny boat and threatened to kill him, has been sentenced to five years in prison. In a TikTok post in October 2024, Fayaz Khan, 26, made a gun salute with his hand and named the Reform UK leader. According to a Southwark Crown Court, the Afghan migrant had given them a wrong name and they suspected him of being a 31-year-old called Fayaz Husseini. Farage said it was a win
that violent criminal
Khan had been jailed in prison, according to Farage, who appeared outside court.
On Friday, the defendant was found guilty of making threats to hurt the MP for Clacton, Essex. Khan pointed to his face tattoo and said he would pop, pop, pop
Farage in a video on his madapasa
account on TikTok, referring to him as "Englishman Nigel.
During the trial, Farage described the danger as pretty chilling
and said,
The only reason we know about this guy is because someone sent it to me on TikTok,I was actually worried because of his proximity to weapons and love of guns.
he said after the sentencing.It makes me wonder how many other madapasas are there now in this world.
Farage said, accusing him of using himI heard Khan yelled from the court that he wanted to go back to Afghanistan,
The defendant livestreamed the video of his crossing, which appears to have attracted a large online audience," prosecutor Peter Ratliff said.because you want to be Prime Minister. Khan was one of 65 migrants on board a black inflatable boat that reached the United Kingdom by crossing the English Channel.
'Enemies'
Khan gave a false name because he had enemies he did not want to find him,
the court heard. Despite this, the court found it was more likely
he had misrepresented information because of his criminal history while living in Sweden. Mr Ratliff denied Khan's assertion that he was unaware that it was unlawful to enter the UK by small boats. Khan said he intended to inspire others
by chronicling his journey from Sweden to the United Kingdom, where he shared it with hundreds of thousands of viewers online. Khan had 17 previous arrests in Sweden, including for wielding a knife, abusive conduct, and vandalism, according to the court. Khan was also jailed in June 2019 after using threatening conduct against a public servant. Farage posted a video titled the journey of an illicit migrant,
which featured Khan and mentioned young males of combat age
in our country about whom we know very little.
'Gun gestures'
Khan's trial was told he returned with a TikTok video two days later, threatening Farage. You don't know me,
he said in the video. I came to England 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
told the jury that although Khan said pop, pop,
he made gun gestures
with his hand and headbutted the camera,
for any offence and distress caused. He was also sentenced to eight months in prison for illegally entering the country illegally, having previously pleaded guilty to the offence.pop pop, pop. Khan's barrister said the defendant wanted to apologize to Farage and his sister
Crown Prosecution Service Nicholas Coates said. "Elected politicians must be allowed to practice their jobs without fear of harm or assault, and we'll make sure that those who want to intimidate them have the full force of the legislation.Khan not only entered the UK unlawfully, but he made sinister threats against a Member of Parliament in the open view of thousands of followers,
