Tattooed TikToker who threatened to kill Nigel Farage learns his fate in court

A Channel small boat migrant turned influencer who threatened to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been jailed for five years.

Afghan Fayaz Khan made the threat against the right-wing politician in a TikTok post last year which Mr Farage branded "pretty chilling".

Khan gave a false name to British authorities when he arrived in the country because he was trying to hide his criminal record in Sweden, before making the online threats between October 12 and 15 last year.

Southwark Crown Court heard after lying to British police with the name Fayaz Khan and his age as 26, the Swedish authorities believe he is called Fayaz Husseini and is aged 31.

The court was told he gave a different name because he has "enemies he did not want to find him".

Peter Ratliff, prosecuting, said investigators believe it is "more likely he has given a false name because of his record in Sweden".

Jurors were previously told that on October 12 last year, Mr Farage uploaded a video to YouTube 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".

Mr Ratliff said Khan responded with a video two days later which was played to the jury, in which Khan said: "Englishman Nigel, don't talk s**t 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 told jurors 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".

The court heard Khan was one of 65 migrants on board a black rigid inflatable boat that had entered UK waters crossing the Channel from France.

Mr Ratliff said: "The defendant livestreamed the recording of his crossing which appears to have gathered a large online viewing."

Khan was sentenced for making threats to kill, for which he was found guilty following a trial last week, and for entering the UK illegally.

Jurors had been told that Khan had a "very large presence online" with his videos on TikTok, under the username "madapasa" - which attracted hundreds of thousands of views.

His sentencing hearing heard he had told officers who had arrested him after he illegally entered the UK that "no-one had mentioned that method of travel is illegal".

Mr Ratliff told the court Khan had said he would have voluntarily claimed asylum had he not been intercepted.

The prosecutor also said Khan shared his journey to the UK from Sweden on TikTok to "show the difficulty of the trip".

His criminal history in Sweden was read to the court, including convictions for carrying a knife in a public place and threatening behaviour.

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

The prosecution said there were multiple low level offences, including some involving drugs.

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.

Speaking about the threats made by Khan in a video, Mr Farage said: "Given his proximity to guns and love of guns, I was genuinely worried."

The Reform UK leader added: "He says he's coming to England and he's going to shoot me."

In a post on X following the verdict, Mr Farage said: "The illegal migrant who threatened to kill me has just been found guilty.

"How many more of these people are we letting into our country every single day?"

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