Migrant with AK-47 face tattoo who threatened to kill Farage shouts from dock as he's jailed

An Afghan migrant who came to the UK connected a tiny vessel has been jailed for 5 years aft posting a TikTok video successful which helium threatened to termination Reform UK person Nigel Farage.

Hundreds of thousands of viewers saw the "chilling" video Fayaz Khan, 26, posted past October, successful which Southwark Crown Court heard helium threatened to "pop popular pop" Mr Farage.

As helium was sentenced, Khan yelled to the tribunal that Mr Farage had initiated proceedings to "use maine due to the fact that you privation to beryllium premier minister".

As helium was taken down to the cells, helium again shouted: "You privation to beryllium premier minister, I americium not present due to the fact that I privation to termination you.

"I privation to spell backmost to Afghanistan, nonstop maine backmost to Afghanistan, my household is successful Afghanistan.

"You privation to usage maine due to the fact that you privation to beryllium premier minister.

"Just due to the fact that you privation to bash that you privation to f*** my life, you privation to enactment maine successful prison."

Outside the court, Mr Farage welcomed the condemnation but said helium was "deeply profoundly concerned" Khan would beryllium "out successful 18 months".

He added: "This convulsive criminal... volition beryllium successful this country, surviving successful a location of aggregate occupancy oregon a hotel, escaped to locomotion the streets whilst his asylum assertion is judged."

'Don't speech s***'

Jurors had been told the TikTok contented was posted successful effect to a video Mr Farage had uploaded to YouTube titled "the travel of an amerciable migrant", which highlighted Khan and referenced "young males of warring property coming into our state astir whom we cognize precise little".

Khan's station appeared to say: "Englishman Nigel, don't speech s*** astir me.

"You not cognize me. I travel to England due to the fact that I privation to wed with your sister. You not cognize me.

"Don't speech astir maine more. Delete the video.

"I'm coming to England. I'm going to pop, pop, pop."

While Khan said "pop, pop, pop" helium made "gun gestures with his hand". He besides headbutted the camera during the video and pointed to an AK-47 tattoo connected his look to "emphasise helium wasn't joking", jurors were told.

Khan had "live-streamed" his travel crossed the English Channel from France and was arrested connected 31 October past twelvemonth aft arriving successful the UK connected a tiny boat, Detective Constable Liam Taylor told the court.

Mr Farage told the proceedings past week helium recovered Khan's video "pretty chilling", adding: "Given his proximity to guns and emotion of guns, I was genuinely worried."

'Sorry'

Jurors deliberated for 11 hours and 55 minutes earlier uncovering him guilty.

During the sentencing proceeding connected Tuesday, Khan asked his lawyer Charles Royle to apologise to Mr Farage and the politician's sister "for immoderate offence and upset caused".

Mr Farage, who arrived astatine tribunal with information guards, was sitting conscionable metres distant from the suspect successful the courtroom.

Known successful Britain arsenic Khan and 26 years old, authoritative Peter Ratliff said that successful Sweden - wherever Khan had lived antecedently - authorities judge helium is called Fayaz Husseini and is 31.

The tribunal heard it was thought helium had fixed a mendacious sanction successful the UK to fell his Swedish transgression history, which included convictions for carrying a weapon successful a nationalist spot and threatening behaviour.

Mr Ratliff said records suggest Khan had been convicted of 17 offences connected 12 abstracted occasions there.

Addressing the video from Mr Farage, sentencing justice Mrs Justice Steyn told Khan: "You saw the wide dissemination of Mr Farage's video arsenic a hindrance to your attempts to travel to the UK."

Khan was besides sentenced for entering the UK illegally having antecedently pleaded blameworthy to the offence.