An asylum seeker accused of killing a hotel worker by stabbing her on a railway station platform was not the person featured in CCTV footage shown to the court, his defence lawyer has said.
Deng Majek, from Sudan, denies murdering 27-year-old Rhiannon Whyte, who died three days after being attacked at Bescot Stadium railway station in Walsall, on 20 October 2024.
Wolverhampton Crown Court has heard allegations he stabbed her 23 times with a screwdriver, 11 times in the head.
After jurors saw a series of CCTV clips allegedly showing Mr Majek following Ms Whyte and disposing of her phone, defence counsel Gurdeep Garcha KC said the identity of the figure seen was “very much in dispute”.