Man who threatened to kill Farage jailed for five years

An Afghan migrant who came to the UK on a small boat has been jailed for threatening to kill Nigel Farage in a TikTok video.

- HOLLY EVANS

Fayaz Khan, 26, filmed himself making the threat, mimicking the “pop, pop, pop” noise of a gunshot, between 12 and 15 October last year in a post that the Reform UK leader described as “pretty chilling”. He was convicted following a trial at Southwark Crown Court by a majority of 10 jurors to two, and has been sentenced to five years in prison.

The court heard that Khan is believed to have given a false name to authorities after entering the UK illegally, and has a criminal record in Sweden. Swedish authorities believe he is 31-year-old Fayaz Husseini, who has 17 convictions for 12 separate incidents, which include carrying a knife and threatening behaviour.

He claimed to have used a different name as he has “enemies”, and went by the username “madapasa” on the social media platform, where he had amassed hundreds of thousands of views. Several of his videos had focused on his attempts to come to the UK via Channel crossing, after previously living in Stockholm since 2019.