LONDON: An Afghan national was jailed for five years on Tuesday after being found guilty of making a threat to kill Nigel Farage, leader of the populist Reform UK party that leads opinion polls in Britain.
Fayaz Khan was last week convicted by a jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court of a single count of making a threat to kill Farage in a TikTok video posted in October 2024, as he documented his journey from Sweden to Britain.
Prosecutors said Khan posted a video in response to one by Farage, in which Khan – who has an AK-47 assault rifle tattooed on his face – said “pop, pop, pop” while making gun gestures.
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Farage gave evidence that he was “genuinely worried” about Khan’s threat, describing the video as “chilling.” Khan had denied his video was a genuine threat.
