Illegal NRI found guilty over two NRIs killing

London, Oct. 25, 2008
Sant Parkash

NRI illegal immigrant Sukhdev Singh was found guilty of the manslaughter of Jaswant Singh Bajwa and Kulwant Singh Dodar following a three-week trial at Stafford Crown Court. It took the jury six hours and 18 minutes to reach a verdict- he was cleared of murder and conclude that Sukhdev was provoked before bludgeoning the victims with a hammer in Shawbury, Shropshire.

Mr Bajwa, 30, and Mr Dodar, 31, were found dead at the foot of a stairway
at the flat above Shawbury Fish Bar on December 7, 2007.

Sukhdev Singh, who had been living in the flat and working in the chip shop since arriving in Shawbury in about 2004. Jaswant Singh Bajwa also lived in the flat and worked in the chip shop, and his friend, Kulwant Singh Dodar, frequently stayed overnight at the property, the court heard.

Detective Chief Inspector Dave Morgan, the senior investigating officer said:

• Sukhdev Singh used a hammer to render them helpless and then strangled them both.
• The post-mortem examinations found both victims had suffered a number of “heavy blows” to the head, consistent with being hit with a hammer.
• He then went on the run in a bid to evade capture.
• 60 officers from Shropshire and other parts of West Mercia were involved and he was arrested five days later at hiding in a Sikh temple, Smethwick in the West Midlands.
• I would like to thank the Punjabi community across the region for its help and co-operation.

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After arrest, he denies murder, but later confronted with forensic evidence that the men were attacked in the upstairs part of the flat, he admitted to police that he had killed them but said he had “an explanation”.

Sukhdev said he killed two men in a flat above a Shropshire chip shop because they had sexually assaulted and bullied him but denies murder.

He told police he "lost his temper" because they 'Stripped him' and touched his private parts.

Stephen Linehan QC, prosecuting, said:

• As well as being hit with a hammer, the pair had also been strangled before their clothes were changed.
• They were then dragged downstairs to create the impression they had been killed outside or as they came into the flat.
• The police found was that the defendant tried and tried very hard to clean up all the blood that had flowed as a result of his attack.
• Right to the end he never ever told the truth about how he killed the men

The case continues.

Sukhdev Singh was found guilty of the manslaughter of Jaswant Singh Bajwa and Kulwant Singh Dodar