Afghan man jailed for five years for TikTok threat to kill Nigel Farage

<p>Fayaz Khan, 26, was also sentenced at Southwark crown court for entering the UK illegally on a small boat</p><p>A man who came to the UK on a small boat has been sentenced to five years in prison for making a threat to kill Nigel Farage in a TikTok video last year.</p><p>Fayaz Khan, 26, an Afghan national, made the threat to kill the Reform UK leader on 14 October 2024 in a video on the social media platform that Farage <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/07/nigel-farage-felt-genuinely-worried-by-alleged-tiktok-death-threat-court-hears">said was “pretty chilling”</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/14/fayaz-khan-sentenced-tiktok-video-threat-kill-nigel-farage">Continue reading...</a>