A jury has retired for deliberation in the case of an Afghan asylum seeker who allegedly threatened to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
Fayaz Khan, 26, known as Mada Pasa on TikTok, allegedly made the threat in October last year in a video made on TikTok.
Mr Khan previously pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court, where he was remanded in custody.
The jury will now have to decide whether a threat to kill was made by Mr Khan, whether he intended for it to be seen by Nigel Farage, and whether the Reform UK leader would fear the threat would be carried out.
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The jury was shown a TikTok video where Mr Khan appears to say "Englishman Nigel… don't talk s**t about me", while in Dunkirk before coming to the UK on a small boat.
The Afghan national went on to say: "I come to England because I want to marry your sister.
"I want to come to England to go pop pop pop."
He also made "gun signals" with his hand and head-bashed the screen, which the prosecutor, Peter Ratliff, described in his closing argument as a "pretty obvious" threat to kill.
Fayaz Khan released a video where he said: 'I want to come to England to go pop pop pop'
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The prosecution said Mr Khan "had no defence" after he declined to give evidence in court.
Charles Royle, defending Mr Khan, accused the prosecution of "just accepting Mr Farage’s version of events".
In their closing arguments, the defence accepted the TikTok video in question was "idiosyncratic and attention-seeking", but questioned whether Mr Khan’s video could be considered a genuine threat.
On Tuesday, Nigel Farage told Southwark Crown Court the alleged threats made against him were "chilling" and made him "genuinely worried".
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Nigel Farage told the jury he understood the video to mean Mr Khan was 'coming to England and he was going to shoot me'
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The Reform UK leader told the jury he understood the video to mean Mr Khan was "coming to England and he was going to shoot me".
A reading from a transcript of a Metropolitan Police interview undertaken in November 2024 was also heard in court, where Mr Khan told officers he "didn’t know who Nigel Farage was" and that he "was never going to hurt anyone".
Mr Khan, who made 10 attempts to get to Britain, arrived on a small boat on October 31.
He told police officers he came to the UK from Sweden to get an AK-47 facial tattoo removed.
Mr Khan also told police how he does gun signals in every video he posts on TikTok and that it’s "part of his character".
He claimed to have around 340,000 TikTok followers before his account was deactivated.
The trial continues.
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