Crown seeks 12-year prison term in ‘brutal’ stabbing that killed Surrey woman

Crown prosecutors argued a antheral who fatally stabbed a “defenceless” pistillate successful a “brutal” onslaught successful Surrey 4 years agone should walk 12 years successful prison.

Harpreet Singh pleaded blameworthy successful September to 1 number of manslaughter and 2 counts of aggravated battle successful the onslaught that near his sister-in-law Baljit Kaur dead.

Singh, who holds dual Australian-Indian citizenship, was initially charged with second-degree murder.

Police were called to an incidental of home unit successful a townhouse analyzable adjacent 66 Avenue and 127 Street successful October 2020, wherever Kaur was recovered with stab wounds that yet proved fatal.

The tribunal heard Thursday that different antheral and a two-year-old kid besides suffered superior stab wounds.

Kaur, the tribunal heard, was stabbed repeatedly and suffered wounds to her caput and torso.

“Baljit was defenceless, she didn’t person a limb and adjacent made much defenceless due to the fact that she was holding a child,” prosecutors told the court.

“Singh’s actions were swift, it was brutal and aimed to origin important injury.”

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Singh’s defence argued helium should walk 8 years down bars, and said helium was animated by “high passion” and “anger” astatine the time, and could not retrieve what helium did implicit the people of the attack.

Kaur’s household travelled to India for the hearing, and declined to comment.

The justice is expected to present their condemnation connected Oct. 9. After Singh serves his time, helium is expected to beryllium deported to Australia.