Majek was jailed for 29 years in January after arriving in the UK on a small boat about three months before the attack and applying for asylum. The attack occurred while Whyte was working at the Park Inn hotel where Majek was staying, a taxpayer-funded migrant accommodation. CCTV from inside the hotel showed Majek hanging around the reception area staring at Whyte throughout the evening before the attack, according to multiple reports.
After the stabbing, Majek was seen dancing and laughing in the migrant hotel car park and took Whyte's phone, discarding it in a nearby river. No motive has been established for why Majek attacked Whyte, leaving a key question unanswered about the circumstances leading to the violence. The victim's mother, Siobhan Whyte, has heartbreakingly recalled the murder of her daughter by a Sudanese illegal migrant.
I’m petrified. I’ve got a 13-year-old granddaughter, and she goes out and about with her friends. They don’t seem to care if it’s a man or a woman.
She branded Britain a 'laughing stock' and blamed Keir Starmer for the murder, expressing fear for her 13-year-old granddaughter's safety as women and girls are at risk of serious violence. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, said the murder was 'perhaps the most shocking we’ve seen to date', committed by a small boat migrant. Siobhan Whyte added that countries such as the United States and Australia had been more effective in deterring illegal migration, while Labour just let 'them in'.
Farage set out plans for a crackdown on the migrant crisis, though the specific measures remain unclear. The brutal nature of the attack, with 23 stab wounds inflicted in under two minutes, has intensified scrutiny on migration policies and the handling of asylum seekers in the UK. The case has sparked broader debates about public safety and the integration of recent arrivals, particularly those housed in government-funded accommodations.
I worry about my children. What future have they got? We are a laughing stock. The UK is a laughing stock. America stops them, the Australians stop them, all these other countries stop them. Stop them from coming in here.
France has been paid hundreds of millions to stop the boats, and they are just letting them in. Stop them at the borders. Send them back, let them deal with them. Send them back to their country. Why should they be allowed here?
The murder was 'perhaps the most shocking we’ve seen to date', committed by a small boat migrant.