UK: Indian national gets six years in jail for assault on estranged wife in UK; faces deportation to India
PTC Web Desk: Indian national Varinder Singh (28) has been sentenced to six years in jail following his alleged assault on his estranged wife at the Broadway shopping centre complex in Bradford, UK. The attack, captured on CCTV, showed Varinder Singh strangling the victim and forcibly placing her into his vehicle. Subsequent footage depicted him driving aggressively towards her after she managed to escape through the vehicle's rear door.
During the court proceedings at Bradford Crown Court, Recorder Bryan Cox condemned the incident as severe violence within a controlling relationship. He imposed an indefinite restraining order prohibiting Varinder Singh from contacting his wife. Cox highlighted Singh's clear intention to cause significant harm, emphasising the victim's narrowly avoided severe physical injury.
Additionally, the Indian national has been banned from driving for six years and is required to undertake an extended driving retest. In her statement, the victim expressed ongoing trauma and fear, stating Singh's lack of restraint even in public spaces.
The court learned that the couple, amidst divorce proceedings, had met to discuss formalities. Initially evasive during police interrogation, Singh later pleaded guilty to attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, kidnap, assault, and charges from a previous incident.
Singh's barrister, Ayman Khokhar, acknowledged Singh's emotional turmoil due to the breakdown of his marriage. Khokhar recognised the fortunate outcome of the car park incident but stated Singh's desire to return to his family in India. However, Singh faces deportation upon completion of his sentence.
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