Fayaz Khan, who arrived in the UK on a small boat, has been jailed for five years for threatening to kill the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a social media post.
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The court hard that the 26-year-old Afghan national had livestreamed his journey crossing the Channel on TikTok, attracting a large number of viewers.
He was also sentenced for entering the UK illegally after pleading guilty to the offence.
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