Bescot Railway Station murderer Deng Majek sentencing pushed back to next year after failure to discover whether he is a teenager or adult
The sentencing of Bescot Railway Station murderer Deng Chol Majek has been delayed until next year after medical and legal professionals failed to determine how old he is.
Following his arrest shortly after he murdered hotel worker Rhiannon Whyte on October 20 last year Majek spent months claiming he was not mentally fit to stand trial. Though he was convicted of murder in October, a dispute over the age of the Sudanese asylum seeker.
Miss Whyte's family hoped to see justice finally done during Majek's sentencing on Monday, December 15 but now they will have to wait six more weeks until the New Year.
Hoping for a more lenient sentence Majek maintains he is 19 years old despite paperwork processed by Italian authorities on arrival from from Sudan stating he was born in 1998.
Three weeks ago Justice Michael Soole KC ordered the murderer to undergo a CT scan of his clavicle so experts could assess his age.
On Thursday Justice Soole told a hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court time had run out to get a definitive answer in time and Majek would now learn his fate on January 30.
