A 30-year-old builder who stabbed three Sikh gangsters in self-defence will not face any murder of manslaughter charges it was reported on Saturday October 17th.
Gurjeet Singh had been previously arrested by the Metropolitan Police for the murder of Harinder Kumar, Narinder Singh, and Baljit Singh. Gurjeet was reportedly cornered by four gangsters armed with a knife and hammer while on his way home from a local gurudwara in East London and Gurjeet took out his own knife to save himself. He was later charged only with possession of the knife, for which he was subsequently cleared and is understood to be the first person to face no charges after a triple killing in self-defence. The group of unskilled labourers originally from Punjab, India had fallen out with Mr Singh over a business deal with family members reportedly stating that they had been rowing over money.
The court heard he had received a ‘crush injury’ to the top of his head consistent with a hammer attack, and other cuts to his face, head and hands. While the three Sikh men died, the fourth, Sandeep Singh, a 29-year-old unskilled labourer from Romford in east London, was arrested and jailed for four years in August for wounding with intent. Sandeep was in the UK illegally, and had reportedly overstayed his visa. He is expected to be deported back to India after his sentence. His brother, Harpreet had also overstayed his visa and will be sent home after a 12-month jail sentence for the same offence.
According to the Daily Mail, Gurjeet lived in Dagenham at the time of the attack, and was served with a notice to leave the UK on May 2015. He arrived to the UK with a student visa with an expiry date of November 2013. In 2015 he made a failed application to remain in the UK under the Human Rights Acts.
