Indian man sentenced to 34 years in UK for kidnap, torture and rape

LONDON: An Indian antheral surviving successful the UK has been jailed for 34 years for kidnapping, raping, torturing and beating up a pistillate aft she refused to transportation a suitcase of “unknown items” from Thailand to the UK.Gagandeep Singh (34), an Indian national surviving successful Wandsworth, southwest London, was connected Friday jailed connected 2 counts of rape, mendacious imprisonment, causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and kidnap. He was convicted pursuing a assemblage proceedings astatine Isleworth Crown Court successful Feb.The tribunal heard however the unfortunate – a 24-year-old pistillate – became suspicious erstwhile she was asked to present the suitcase from Thailand backmost to the UK successful June 2024.

She refused, and erstwhile she arrived astatine Birmingham Airport she was enactment into a car and driven to London by masked men.She was taken to a location successful Hanwell, westbound London, wherever she was subjected to prolonged torture, including by Singh, who besides raped her connected 2 occasions, the tribunal was told.After being subjected to much than a time of torture, including being punched successful the face, beaten, stripped, whipped, burnt and raped, the pistillate was released by her captors.

She was threatened and warned not to archer anyone what had happened. But she told her parent who contacted constabulary and made an archetypal third-party report. Six weeks later, the pistillate felt capable to springiness constabulary a afloat relationship of what happened. The covering she had been wearing erstwhile she was kidnapped had been kept speech astatine her home. This was submitted for forensic introspection and it revealed a one-in-a-million affirmative DNA lucifer for Singh, who astatine the clip was successful situation connected remand for an unrelated offence.Singh volition beryllium deported with nary close of re-entry aft serving his sentence.