Indian-origin man jailed for life for stabbing wife to death in UK

An Indianorigin man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a UK court after being convicted of murder by a unanimous jury for stabbing his wife to death in Milton Keynes area of southeast England Anil Gill 47 was arrested on the suspicion of murder of 43yearold Ranjit Gill by Thames Valley Police after being called to the couples home in January this year by the suspectOfficers discovered Ranjit lying wrapped in a duvet and bin bags in the garage of the property with significant injuries and it was soon obvious that she had been deceased for some time A postmortem examination determined that Ranjit had died as a result of multiple stab woundsIn February Anil was charged with one count of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment at Luton Crown Court on Friday He must serve a minimum of 22 years behind bars before being eligible for paroleThe only sentence for murder is life imprisonment said Detective Inspector Nicola Douglas of Thames Valley Polices Major Crime Unit the Senior Investigation Officer in the case who described the murder as ruthless and coldbloodedI am satisfied the minimum term to be served of 22 years reflects the severity of this awful crime I would like to again pay tribute and thank the family of Ranjit who have shown such dignity in the most terrible of circumstances she saidAccording to Thames Valley Police throughout the trial Anil claimed that he was not guilty of murder but admitted to manslaughter accepting he had unlawfully killed Ranjit Anil denied he had intended to cause her serious harm and also put forward the partial defence of loss of control because of things he said Ranjit had said and done to himThe court heard that Anil stabbed his wife at least 18 times He then spent several hours cleaning up the scene wrapping Ranjits body in bin bags and moving her to the garage before showering and going to bed Later that day is when he called the police to say what he had done while making excuses and blaming his dead wife for his actionsThis has never been accepted by the prosecution or Ranjits family and has not been accepted by the jury said Detective Inspector Douglas She added It is clear that Anil Gill knew exactly what he was doing when he repeatedly stabbed Ranjit to death He was a controlling husband who had physically and mentally abused Ranjit during their marriageNo one should have to suffer domestic abuse and we would encourage anyone who is being abused to please report itRanjits brother Raj Sagoo spoke of the void left behind in the familys life since the death of his sisterA void that will never heal Imagine anyone that reads or hears this imagine for one moment that a person you loved was killed in such a violent and callous way ask yourself if you could put it into words like I have been asked to do I cant tell you how I am feeling it is impossible to put into words how sitting through this trial and hearing the horrors makes me feel he saidRanjits sisters Kamel Aujla Tejinder McCann Harminder Sahni and niece Monica Aujla also paid tribute to a beautiful amazing person My baby sister was taken away from me by a man who was supposed to have cared and loved her in sickness and health I will never be able to hug her dance with her or go out with her ever again said McCann in her statement released by the policeIm still in shock I cant comprehend how this man that I used to spend a lot of time around and was actually quite close with I now cant even bring myself to make eye contact with him how could he do that to such a wonderful person noted Ranjits niece MonicaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeverAlso Read As Tripura cracks down on journalists in what shape is media freedom in India