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Asylum seeker jailed for at least 29 years for murdering Walsall hotel worker

Deng Chol Majek stabbed Rhiannon Whyte 23 times in ‘sadistic’ attack at railway station

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‘The fear is real’: how Midlands attacks have changed Sikh women’s daily lives

Many women are afraid to go out, particularly on their own, after religiously aggravated rapes and assaults

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham Man Charged With Racially Aggravated Rape and Assault After Attack on Punjabi Woman

A Birmingham man has been charged with the racially aggravated rape of a Punjabi woman in Walsall, prompting national debate on race, justice, and protection for minority communities in the UK.

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Man charged with rape and religiously aggravated assault of Sikh woman in Walsall

John Ashby, 32, did not enter a plea and was remanded to appear in Birmingham crown court

The Guardian - UK

Man charged with rape of woman in Walsall after ‘racially aggravated’ attack, say police

John Ashby, 32, from Birmingham, also charged with sexual assault, strangulation, actual bodily harm and robbery

The Guardian - UK

Man charged over racially aggravated rape of woman in Walsall

John Ashby, 32, has been charged with one count of rape and sexual assault in relation to the attack

The Independent UK

Man charged in connection with ‘racially aggravated’ rape of woman in Walsall

John Ashby, 32, has been charged with one count of rape and sexual assault in relation to the attack of the woman who he did not know.

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‘Our last heritage asset’: fears for Walsall Leather Museum as council plans to sell

Protesters say selling building to local college could end a trade dating back to middle ages, if new premises not found

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Man arrested over racially aggravated rape in Walsall

The woman involved is continuing to receive support from specially trained officers, police said

The Independent UK

Woman raped in Walsall in 'racially aggravated' attack

West Midlands Police have released CCTV footage of the suspect.

Evening Standard

Manhunt after woman raped in racially aggravated attack in Walsall

The attacker is described as white, aged in his 30s, with short hair and wearing dark clothing at the time

The Independent UK

Asylum seeker found guilty of stabbing migrant hotel worker to death with screwdriver

The trial heard Majek had been reported to security at the Park Inn Hotel in Walsall, where he lived and Rhiannon worked

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Man guilty of murdering hotel worker at railway station in Walsall

Asylum seeker Deng Majek said to have carried out ‘frenzied’ screwdriver attack on Rhiannon Whyte

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seeker denies being at railway station where Walsall hotel worker was killed

Deng Chol Majek tells jury he had no reason to hurt Rhiannon Skye Whyte and was in hotel car park at time of attack

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Asylum seeker seen drinking in car park after hotel worker’s murder, court told

Deng Majek is alleged to have been spotted chatting and listening to music outside Walsall’s Park Inn hotel after Rhiannon Skye Whyte was stabbed.

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Asylum seeker was ‘staring spookily’ at hotel worker on day of fatal stabbing

Witnesses said Deng Chol Majek intimidated three female staff members and appeared to be ‘planning something’ at Walsall’s Park Inn hotel.

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Asylum seeker accused of killing Walsall hotel worker seen ‘clearly excited’ after attack, jury told

Rhiannon Skye Whyte, 27, was stabbed 23 times with a screwdriver after shift at hotel where Deng Chol Majek lived

The Independent UK

Two teenagers appear in court charged over TfL cyber attack last year

Thalha Jubair, 19, from east London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, were both arrested on Tuesday

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Evening Standard

Two teenagers in court charged over TfL cyber attack

Thalha Jubair, 19, from Tower Hamlets, east London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands, are due in court on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Teenagers charged with TfL cyber attack costing London millions of pounds

The two teenagers – named as Thalha Jubair, 19, from Tower Hamlets, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands – were appearing on Thursday afternoon at Westminster magistrates’ court

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‘Soul-destroying’: Samaritans volunteers blindsided by proposed closures

Team who raised nearly £300,000 to replace building left in limbo by plan to close at least 100 UK and Ireland centres

Evening Standard

Six arrested after woman hit by van on golf course during police chase

Suzanne Cherry, 62, of Aldridge, Walsall, died in hospital after she was struck on Friday April 11.

Evening Standard

Rats known as ‘Squeaky Blinders’ not welcome beyond Birmingham border, says MP

‘Let’s be quite certain, the Squeaky Blinders are definitely not welcome,’ Wendy Morton said.

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Sister speaks of ‘catastrophic’ loss of hotel worker stabbed at Walsall station

Deng Chol Majek, 18, is charged with fatally stabbing Rhiannon Whyte at Bescot Stadium railway station

International Business Times UK

Visitors Stripped, Shocked, And Mentally Tortured At England's Most Extreme Haunted House 'Enola'

Enola at the Scare Maze in Walsall, England, is a terrifying haunted house experience that pushes visitors to their psychological limits.

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