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Indian-Origin Man Jailed For Life Over 30-Year-Old UK Murder
17Feb By adminNo Comments
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Indian-Origin Man Jailed For Life Over 30-Year-Old UK Murder

[ad_1] Sandip Patel was found guilty of murder of Marina Koppel by stabbing her 140 times. (Representational)London: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for murdering a woman 30 years ago after he was connected to the brutal killing through his strand of hair found at the crime scene.Sandip Patel, 51, was found guilty of the murder of Marina Koppel by stabbing her at least 140 times at her flat in the Westminster area of London in 1994 and sentenced at the Old Bailey court in the city on Friday.The Metropolitan Police said innovative work by its forensics team on his hair found on a ring worn by Koppel finally brought Patel to justice all these years later."This was a great team effort with the forensic scientists, fingerprint experts, the forensi...
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Indian-origin Man Jailed For Defrauding Property Buyers In UK
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Indian-origin Man Jailed For Defrauding Property Buyers In UK

[ad_1] The offences occurred between May 2019 and January 2021.London: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for fraud offences after he admitted to fleecing potential property buyers, many of them also of Indian origin, out of nearly 16,000 pounds, Scotland Yard said.Jaspal Singh Juttla, 64, was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court in London on Thursday on four counts of fraud by false representation and one count of carrying on a regulated activity when not authorised to do so.The offences occurred between May 2019 and January 2021 and Juttla pleaded guilty to the offences at an earlier hearing in August last year at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. The offences relate to four victims, where property buyers were conne...
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Indian-Origin Man Part Of Gang Convicted Of Smuggling Drugs To UK
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Indian-Origin Man Part Of Gang Convicted Of Smuggling Drugs To UK

[ad_1] He along with others was convicted at Wolverhampton Crown Court. (Representational)London: A 33-year-old Indian-origin man is among members of a drugs smuggling gang busted and convicted for their role in conspiring to supply cocaine and cannabis from the Netherlands to the UK and the Republic of Ireland.Joshpal Singh Kothiria was caught as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation in Britain, which uncovered his role as a driver from Wolverhampton in central England who supplied the smuggled drugs to Ireland.He along with others was convicted at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday and will be sentenced at a later date."This was a sophisticated operation to smuggle drugs into the UK and Ireland to make significant profits," said Mick Pope, NCA Branch Commander."These con...
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Indian-Origin Driver Jailed For Running Over Pregnant Woman, Father In UK
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Indian-Origin Driver Jailed For Running Over Pregnant Woman, Father In UK

[ad_1] London: An Indian-origin driver, who caused the death of a pregnant woman and her father after losing control of his vehicle due to the consumption of drugs in a seaside town in south-eastern England, has been sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment.According to local police, Nitesh Bissendary lost control of his black Alfa Romeo in Ramsgate, Kent, in August and also injured three others, including two children.The 31-year-old was sentenced on Thursday following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court. He will also be disqualified from driving for 10 years following his custodial sentence."From the moment he took cocaine before getting behind the wheel, the actions of Nitesh Bissendary have been nothing short of disgraceful," Detective Inspector Lynn Wilczek of Kent Police's Serious Collisi...
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