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Three people jailed over Gagandip Singh revenge death | Three people jailed over Gagandip Singh revenge death |
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Three people have been jailed over the death of a TV executive who was beaten and left to die in a burning car. | Three people have been jailed over the death of a TV executive who was beaten and left to die in a burning car. |
Gagandip Singh, 21, was put in the boot before the vehicle was set ablaze in Blackheath, London, last February. | Gagandip Singh, 21, was put in the boot before the vehicle was set ablaze in Blackheath, London, last February. |
Harinder Shoker was jailed for at least 22 years for murder and Darren Peters sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter. | Harinder Shoker was jailed for at least 22 years for murder and Darren Peters sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter. |
Mr Singh, 21, was killed in revenge after he allegedly attempted to rape Mundill Mahil, who was jailed for six years for causing grievous bodily harm. | Mr Singh, 21, was killed in revenge after he allegedly attempted to rape Mundill Mahil, who was jailed for six years for causing grievous bodily harm. |
Toxic fumes | |
The Old Bailey heard she confided in Shoker, known as Ravi, about the attempted sex attack, and he recruited Peters to help in the plot against Mr Singh. | |
Mahil, from Chatham in Kent, lured Mr Singh to her university house in Brighton, pretending that she wanted to talk to him. | |
He did not know that Shoker and Peters were lying in wait in the bedroom, where he was viciously beaten. | |
Once Mr Singh was unconscious, they wrapped him in a duvet and put him into the boot of the Mercedes he had been driving. | |
They drove the car to Blackheath where it was set alight with Mr Singh still inside. | |
Mr Singh was still alive and died of breathing in toxic fumes. | |
Addressing Mahil, Judge Paul Worsley said she "showed no pity" when Mr Singh called out her name as he was attacked, and added: "You can be manipulative, vengeful and deceitful." | |
Addressing Shoker, from Greenwich, south-east London, he said: "Besotted by Mundill, you were prepared to do whatever she asked and more." | |
He said the apprentice electrician had gone "far beyond" the planned attack and "intentionally killed Gagandip Singh in horrific circumstances". | |
The judge told Peters, from Blackheath, that he had not cared whether Mr Singh was alive when the car was set on fire, and after the attack had "callously" withdrawn £300 using Mr Singh's bank card as his payment for going to Brighton that night. |