An Afghan migrant who came to the UK on a small boat has been jailed for five years after posting a TikTok video in which he threatened to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

Hundreds of thousands of viewers saw the "chilling" video Fayaz Khan, 26, posted last October, in which Southwark Crown Court heard he threatened to "pop pop pop" Mr Farage.

As he was sentenced, Khan yelled to the court that Mr Farage had initiated proceedings to "use me because you want to be prime minister".

As he was taken down to the cells, he again shouted: "You want to be prime minister, I am not here because I want to kill you."

Outside the court, Mr Farage welcomed the sentence but said he was "deeply deeply concerned" Khan would be "out in 18 months".

He added: "This violent criminal... will be in this c

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