An asylum seeker accused of murdering a hotel worker has denied lying about his age, claiming a date of birth suggesting he is aged 27 was “just assumed” by Italian authorities after he was rescued from the sea.
Deng Chol Majek, who says he is 19 and that he left Sudan aged 16, is alleged to have murdered Rhiannon Whyte using a screwdriver at Walsall’s Bescot Stadium railway station on October 20 last year.
