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Trial set for murder of asylum hotel worker Rhiannon Skye White
A murder suspect accused of stabbing a hotel worker at a railway station will stand trial in October, a court Chol Majek, 19, told Wolverhampton Crown Court via an Arabic interpreter that he is "innocent" on Monday, after pleading not guilty to the murder of Rhiannon Whyte in December. Prosecutors allege that Mr Majek, understood to be an asylum seeker originally from South Sudan, used a screwdriver to attack Ms 27-year-old died in hospital three days after being found injured at Bescot Stadium station in Walsall last October.
On Monday, Peter Glenser KC, defending, told the court that doctors did not feel Mr Majek was unfit to face Glenser said the defendant, formerly of Bescot Crescent in Walsall, claimed he was not present when the attack Majek spoke during the hearing via video link from HMP Manchester, and the interpreter said: "He is saying that he didn't do anything and that he is innocent."A pre-trial review is listed for September 5 and a trial is scheduled to begin on October 13.
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