An asylum seeker accused of killing a Walsall lodge employee by stabbing her 23 instances with a screwdriver on a railway station platform was seen on video dancing after she died, jurors have heard.
Deng Majek, from Sudan, denies murdering 27-year-old Rhiannon Whyte, who died three days after being attacked at Bescot Stadium railway station on 20 October 2024.
On Friday, jurors have been proven cell phone footage mentioned to indicate Mr Majek dancing close to the lodge with an ambulance within the background.
Wolverhampton Crown Court docket has heard Ms Whyte was stabbed 19 instances within the head, with 11 accidents to her cranium and one wound so deep it pierced her mind stem.
The nine-second video seen by jurors was mentioned to indicate Mr Majek dancing lower than 90 minutes after the assault, in a cell phone video from somebody on the Park Inn Lodge.
The footage filmed within the early hours of 21 October confirmed blue lights within the background.
Det Sgt Rebecca Haywood, presenting CCTV to jurors, confirmed the blue lights have been from the emergency groups on the railway station.
Prosecutor Michelle Heeley KC requested the place the speaker got here from that folks have been dancing to.
Det Sgt Haywood mentioned: “The defendant introduced that to the situation.”
Rhiannon Whyte was stabbed 11 instances within the head with a crosshead screwdriver, jurors have heard [Family/British Transport Police]
On Thursday, jurors have been instructed Mr Majek sat smoking and ingesting with buddies in a parking lot after Ms Whyte died.
Mr Majek, who claims to be 19, had been residing on the lodge, which homes asylum seekers.
He additionally denies possessing an offensive weapon.
Police have been on the station following the incident [BBC]
Prosecutors have claimed Mr Majek adopted Ms Whyte from the lodge to the railway station and attacked her earlier than he threw her cell phone right into a river after the assault shortly after 23:15 BST, after which went purchasing for alcohol.
The jury noticed CCTV from inside and out of doors the lodge, in addition to footage from cameras overlaying a parking lot, a bridge of the River Tame, and a footbridge on the station.
Safety cameras overlaying the platforms on the station weren’t working, the courtroom heard.
The courtroom heard Mr Majek went to a store later that night time [BTP / PA Media]
Video proven to the courtroom included photos of a person mentioned to be Mr Majek in a store within the Caldmore space of Walsall, shopping for alcohol at a retailer in West Bromwich Avenue, and strolling alongside different roads, together with Broadway West and Alexandra Street.
The courtroom heard Mr Majek purchased three cans of extra-strong Belgian beer.
Materials additionally included photos of a person mentioned to be Mr Majek returning to the lodge at 00:13 and going right into a room on the third flooring carrying flip-flops and leaving it carrying white trainers.
Det Sgt Haywood claimed different footage of the suspect confirmed Ms Whyte’s telephone being thrown off a bridge at 23:19.
She described garments worn by the suspect on the time as “a two-tone gray jacket, darkish on the physique and light-weight on the arms, black cargo trousers and flip-flops”.
Jurors noticed footage mentioned to indicate Mr Majek following Ms Whyte throughout the station automotive park and over the footbridge.
Mr Majek entered Platform 2 at 23:17, the courtroom heard, and emerged two minutes later, on the bridge at 23:19.
Prosecution KC Michelle Heeley KC mentioned the assault happened in that two-minute interval.
A practice driver discovered Ms Whyte slumped contained in the platform shelter at 23:22 after he pulled in to the station.
The trial continues.
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