Two killers who executed a DPD driver and “chopped” him in the head with an axe in broad daylight have been jailed for the cartel-style murder.
Sehajpal Singh and Mehakdeep Singh have been handed a life sentence for the sickening crime. It comes after Aurman Singh, from Smethwick, was ambushed by a group of armed thugs wearing masks.
Aurman, 23, was targeted by the twisted gang in Berwick Avenue, Shrewsbury, shortly after 1pm on August 21, 2023. The evil mob attacked the worker with an axe, golf club, wooden stave, metal bar, hockey stick, shovel, knife and cricket bat.
He attempted to run away from the group, however, they had caught up with him “within seconds”. A court previously heard that he “didn’t stand a chance” as he was set upon by the gang and then “left to die in a pool of blood” on the side of the road.
Sehajpal Singh, 26, and Mehakdeep Singh, 24, denied a single count of murder. Jurors unanimously convicted them of murder following a trial at Stafford Crown Court in March, reports Birmingham Live.
Both killers were today (Friday, April 11) jailed for life, with minimum terms of 28 years each. Their trial came after four men – Arshdeep Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Shivdeep Singh and Manjot Singh – were last year convicted of Aurman’s murder.
A fifth man, Sukhmandeep Singh, was convicted of manslaughter. He acted as the “inside man” at the DPD depot in Stoke-on-Trent where Aurman worked and passed information on to the other killers. They were locked up for more than 120 years in April 2024.
Sehajpal and Mehakdeep managed to flee the UK in the aftermath of Aurman’s murder, initially making their way to France before settling in Austria. West Mercia Police’s major investigation unit eventually tracked them to the small area of Hohenzell, where they were arrested in May 2024.
They were then extradited back to the UK to stand trial for murder. The men – of no fixed abode – were living with convicted murderer Arshdeep in Shaw Road, Tipton, at the time of the killing.
Prosecutor Simon Denison KC earlier shared that Aurman was part of a two-man crew doing their rounds when he was attacked by the men who were in two cars.
He said: “They had pulled up in their van, and his colleague was out of the van taking the package to the address. Aurman Singh was in the front passenger seat.
“Unknown to them, eight men in two cars, a grey Audi and a white Mercedes, had been waiting for them just down the road, and they had followed the DPD van along Berwick Avenue.”
He added: “What happened in Berwick Avenue, Shrewsbury, on August 21 was the planned and organised murder of Aurman Singh. The attack itself was carried out by the seven men who got out of the two cars there and attacked and killed him.
“Three of those men were Arshdeep Singh, who wielded the golf club, Jagdeep Singh who wielded the axe, and Manjot Singh who wielded a wooden stave. They were assisted by Shivdeep Singh, who drove them there and drove them away again. And by Sukhmandeep Singh, the inside man who provided the information that they needed to be able to carry out the attack.”
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