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Man says he hammered two to
death
WSN Bureau
 LONDON:
A man accused of
a double murder in Shropshire admitted to police hitting the two
victims with a hammer before fleeing to a Sikh temple in Smethwick,
a court was told. Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of
England, borders Wales and is one of England's most rural and
sparsely populated counties.
Sukhdev Singh,
26, first told police officers that he had discovered the bodies of
Jaswant Singh, also known as Jim, and Kulwant Singh, also known as
John, at about 8.45am on December 7 last year, but later said he had
lied.
The bodies of
the men were found in a flat above Shawbury Fish Bar on December 7
last year. He said the pair had tortured him and ade him miserable
and he attacked them with a hammer because his life had become
unbearable.
The jury in
Sukhdev Singh’s trial at Stafford Crown Court today heard the
victims had forced him to drink alcohol and had taunted him. Sukhdev
Singh told police he travelled to
Birmingham
to speak to the British Embassy and return to his home country, but
was unable to do so because he had no passport.
On the night he
allegedly murdered the pair, Sukhdev Singh told police he was in bed
but they would not let him sleep. He said he "never intended to kill
them.” The trial continues.
15 October 2008
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