Migrant with AK-47 face tattoo jailed over threat to kill Nigel Farage in 'chilling' video

Fayaz Khan made the threat between October 12 and 15 last year in a TikTok clip – which Mr Farage described as “pretty chilling”.

Southwark Crown Court heard he gave British police a fake name - Fayaz Khan - and said he was aged 26.

But Swedish authorities believe he is called Fayaz Hosseini, aged 31.

The court was told he gave a different name because he has “enemies he did not want to find him”, but Prosecutor Peter Ratliff said it is “more likely he has given a false name because of his record in Sweden”.

Khan was sentenced to five years on Tuesday for making threats to kill, for which he was found guilty following a trial last week, and for entering the UK illegally.

The migrant was heard shouting “you wanna be prime minster and you f*** my life” at Mr Farage as he was removed from the dock after the sentencing.

“I want to go back to Afghanistan, send me back to Afghanistan, my family is in Afghanistan," he yelled out in court.

He was one of 65 migrants on board a black rigid inflatable boat that had entered UK waters crossing the Channel from France, the court heard.

Mr Ratliff said: “The defendant livestreamed the recording of his crossing which appears to have gathered a large online viewing.”

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Jurors had been told that Khan had a “very large presence online” with his videos on TikTok, under the username “madapasa” – which attracted hundreds of thousands of views.

He had told officers who had arrested him after he illegally entered the UK that “no-one had mentioned that method of travel is illegal”, the court heard.

Mr Ratliff told the court Khan had said he would have voluntarily claimed asylum had he not been intercepted. The prosecutor also said Khan shared his journey to the UK from Sweden on TikTok to “show the difficulty of the trip”.

His criminal history in Sweden was read to the court, including convictions for carrying a knife in a public place and threatening behaviour.

Mr Ratliff said records suggest Khan had been convicted of 17 offences on 12 separate occasions.

The prosecution said there were multiple low level offences, including some involving drugs.

He has also been convicted of using threatening behaviour towards a public servant, carrying a knife in a public place, vandalism, and a separate offence of using threatening behaviour.

Speaking about the threats made by Khan in a video, Mr Farage said: “Given his proximity to guns and love of guns, I was genuinely worried.”

The Reform UK leader added: “He says he’s coming to England and he’s going to shoot me.”

Speaking outside the court following the verdict, Mr Farage said: ““I suppose we call that a win”.

He added: “It was about the maximum sentence that could possibly be given, five years, given the scale of the offence. And I thank Justice Steyn. I thank the judge for saying what she said.“

"But the fact is that in 18 months time this violent criminal, somebody with 17 convictions in Sweden, in 18 months time he will be in this country, living in a house of multiple occupancy or a hotel, free to walk the streets whilst his asylum claim is judged.”

Continuing his statement outside Southwark Crown Court, Mr Farage said: “The only reason we know about this guy is because somebody sent it to me on TikTok.

“It makes me wonder, how many other ‘Madapasas’ are there now in this country, or will there be, as the boats continue to cross the Channel?“So I’m pleased with the judgment but deeply, deeply concerned that this guy will be out free in 18 months.

“A strange twist at the end when, after the sentence, he was speaking from the dock trying to be heard, making it perfectly clear that he’d rather go back to Afghanistan.“

In Germany, there are planeloads of people going back to Afghanistan – I wonder if in 18 months’ time, the only thing that stops him from being on our streets is if we have some kind of deal with Afghanistan.

“I doubt it, but at least it’s a possibility, and the Germans have shown us what they can do.“So I’ve got mixed feelings, it was right to bring this case, I’m happy with the sentence, I’m happy with the win, but I repeat, in 18 months time this violent criminal will be free on our streets.”