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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, 20, was given a life sentence for murder and will serve at least 22 years. Darren Peters, 20, was jailed for 12 years for manslaughter. | |
Mr Singh, 21, was killed in revenge after he allegedly attempted to rape 20-year-old Mundill Mahil. | |
Mahil, of Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent, was jailed for six years for causing grievous bodily harm. | |
Toxic fumes | 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. | 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 lured Mr Singh to her university house in Brighton, pretending she wanted to talk to him. | |
He did not know Shoker and Peters were lying in wait in the bedroom, and 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 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." |
'Incapable of coping' | |
Addressing Shoker, of Charlton Park Lane, Greenwich, 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". | He said the apprentice electrician had gone "far beyond" the planned attack and "intentionally killed Gagandip Singh in horrific circumstances". |
The judge told Peters, of Shooters Hill Road, Blackheath, he had not cared whether Mr Singh was alive when the car was set on fire. | |
After the attack the judge said he had "callously" withdrawn £300 using Mr Singh's bank card as his payment for going to Brighton that night. | |
The court was read a victim impact statement from Mr Singh's mother Tajinder. | |
She said: "As a mother, I can't even begin to find the words to express the great loss I feel. | |
"When I first learned of Gagandip's death, I was completely and utterly broken." | |
Mrs Singh said of the three defendants: "Any one of them could have shown some compassion to my son and stepped forward and stopped the assault on him. | |
Mr Singh's sister said: "He was a constant source of support in my life, emotionally and practically. | |
"Since his death I have felt utterly adrift and often incapable of coping with the grief of his death." |