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A judge at Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester in England jailed 21-year-old South Sudanese migrant Douk Deng to two years in prison — with “up to” one year to be served actually in jail — after he approached at least two schools, allegedly over his frustration at the failure of the British government to give him asylum status.
Deng, who applied and was rejected for asylum in the United Kingdom three times after leaving his wife and children behind in South Sudan was arrested on August 6th 2025 in the vicinity of Edgar Wood Academy in Heywood, Greater Manchester. The school was closed for the summer holidays and no children were on site, but a party of workmen at the school became concerned by Deng’s behaviour as he started walking around the school and they called the police.
Police bodyworn camera footage shows the moment when officers ordered Deng to get on the ground before tackling the armed man. He was found to be carrying a seven-inch knife, a hammer, a hatchet or hand axe, and a jerry can of petrol.
Once down, Deng can be heard wailing. Earlier in court proceedings, Deng was assessed for mental health issues and found competent, and he pleaded guilty to what Police said in a statement were “two counts each of criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, and on school premises, and one count each of possession of a bladed article in a public place, and on a school premises.”
The court heard that before Deng was reported to police by the builders at the school, other members of the public observed the man behaving strangely while carrying the petrol and the hammer and made reports, and that he’d also approached another school the day before, vandalising its door intercom.
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