Afghan man convicted of threat to kill Nigel Farage in TikTok video

A 26-year-old Afghan man who crossed to Britain in a small boat has been found guilty of making a threat to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a viral TikTok video, a jury at Southwark Crown Court ruled on Friday. Fayaz Khan was convicted after jurors heard a clip posted in mid-October last year in which he addressed Mr Farage and concluded, "I'm coming to England. I'm going to pop, pop, pop."

Prosecutors told the court the video was posted in response to a separate clip by Mr Farage that had highlighted Khan's crossing and raised concerns about young males arriving in the country. In the response, played to jurors, Khan appears to say, "Englishman Nigel, don't talk shit about me. You not know me. I come to England because I want to marry with your sister," before making the closing remark. Prosecutors said Khan made gun gestures, headbutted the camera and pointed to a prominent AK47 tattoo on his face while recording.

Jurors were shown additional social media posts under Khan's account, said to have attracted hundreds of thousands of views, including a screenshot of a later post overlaid on an image of a news report with the caption "I mean what I say." Detective Constable...