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Armed gang who slaughtered DPD worker in 'public execution' were in the UK illegally
27.05.2024 - 09:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Members of an armed gang who slaughtered a DPD worker in a chilling 'public execution' were in the UK illegally, it can be revealed.
Aurman Singh was working when he was brutally murdered by masked thugs in a violent attack that lasted 'seconds'.
The murderers chopped at his head and hacked off part of his ear with a terrifying arsenal of weapons that included an axe. The 23-year-old was so badly wounded that his brain was left 'exposed' by the time the thugs fled the scene in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, reports Birmingham Live.
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A total of five men were jailed for more than 120 years in connection with his killing earlier this year. The killers had come to live in the UK after arriving from Punjab, India, in the years before the killing.
They settled in the Black Country and were working in the region at the time of Aurman's death. But it has since emerged that they were in the UK illegally as their visas had expired.
West Mercia Police confirmed that four of the defendants are believed to be 'overstayers'. This includes Arshdeep Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Shivdeep Singh, and Manjot Singh, who were all jailed for life with minimum terms of 28 years.
The convicts could now be deported and told to serve their life sentences in India. A fifth killer, Sukhmandeep Singh, was in the UK legally.
He was jailed for 10 years after being acquitted of murder but unanimously convicted of manslaughter. Prosecutors branded him the 'inside man' after he tipped off his accomplices, handing over information on Aurman's whereabouts.
A trial at Stafford Crown Court heard how the killers drove from the Black Country to Shrewsbury, where they 'lay in wait' for their
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