Nigel Farage has admitted he was “genuinely worried” about the “death threat” against him, made by an Afghan migrant in a video online. The Reform UK leader told Southwark Crown Court that Fayaz Khan said “he’s going to shoot me” in a TikTok video. The 26-year-old Afghan national also said he wanted to come to England to “marry” the politician’s sister. Khan appeared in court after being charged with making a threat to kill Mr Farage between October 12 and 15 last year in a post that the Clacton MP said was “pretty chilling”.

A jury was told on Tuesday that Khan had a “very large presence online” with his videos on TikTok, under the username “madapasa”, which amassed thousands of views. The defendant had been living in Stockholm, Sweden since 2019 and posted videos focused on his attempts to come to the UK by small boat, prosecutor Peter Ratliff told the court.

On October 12 last year, Mr Farage uploaded a video to YouTube titled “the journey of an illegal migrant” which highlighted Khan and referenced “young males of fighting age coming into our country about whom we know very little”.

Two days later, the prosecution said Khan responded with a video, which was played to the jury, in which the migrant appears to say: “Englishman Nigel, don’t talk shit about me.

“You not know me. I come to England because I want to marry with your sister. You not know me.

“Don’t talk about me more. Delete the video.

“I’m coming to England. I’m going to pop, pop, pop.”

While saying “pop, pop, pop”, Mr Ratcliff said he made “gun gestures with his hand” before headbutting the camera. He also pointed to an AK47 tattoo on his face to “emphasise he wasn’t joking”.

Mr Farage said Khan’s video was “pretty chilling”, and “given his proximity to guns and love of guns, I was genuinely worried”.

The Reform UK leader said: “He says he’s coming to England and he’s going to shoot me.

“I understood that very clearly indeed as did many people who saw it at the same time.”

He added: “In high-profile politics, a lot of nasty stuff gets posted. A lot of nasty stuff gets said.

“What you don’t see is an individual say on social media they are coming for you directly and secondly the means by which they are going to do it.”

Asked by defence lawyer Charles Royle whether he was concerned that Khan “wanted to marry” his sister, Mr Farage said: “Really, are you being serious? It said so much about the mindset of this individual.

“I was concerned there was a man who clearly treats women as mere objects and could be a threat to them on our streets.”

The trial continues.