Sudanese Man Jailed for Life After Murdering UK Hotel Worker

‘I honestly feel that calling you demonic and inhuman is justifiable in the circumstances,’ the murdered woman’s sister told Deng Chol Majek.

Sudanese man Deng Majek (Left), who was jailed for life for the murder of Rhiannon Whyte (Right), at Coventry Crown Court in Coventry, England, on Jan. 30, 2026. British Transport Police/PA

A Sudanese man was jailed for life on Jan. 30 for the murder of an English hotel worker whom prosecutors say was stalked and then stabbed to death with a screwdriver.

Rhiannon Whyte, 27, had been working at a hotel in Walsall, near Birmingham, which was used to house dozens of asylum seekers, including Deng Chol Majek.