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Killers jailed for 56 years for execution of DPD delivery driver in daylight slaughter
@Source: birminghammail.co.uk
Two members of a murderous gang of thugs who executed a DPD delivery driver in a horror daylight slaughter have been locked up for a minimum of 56 years. Aurman Singh, from Smethwick , was part of a two-man crew delivering parcels when he was dramatically ambushed by an armed mob donning masks. The 23-year-old tried outrun his killers but 'within seconds' he had been chopped at and hacked to death with an arsenal of weapons. His killers armed themselves with an axe, golf club, wooden stave, metal bar, hockey stick, shovel, knife and cricket bat so they were 'ready to act' during the terrifying violence. 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. READ MORE: First pictures of killers who ambushed DPD worker in horror daytime slaughter Don't miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here . 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. Aurman's horror murder took place in Berwick Avenue, Shrewsbury, just after 1pm on August 21, 2023. His killers drove to the scene in an Audi and Mercedes before 'laying in wait' for their victim. Aurman was 'chopped in the head' with an axe, which fractured his skull and 'exposed' his brain. The victim was 'clubbed' over the head with a golf club with such force that its head broke off and the shaft was bent. A knife wound to his back also cut through one of his ribs, jurors heard during the trial. Sehajpal armed himself with the shovel during the onslaught, while Mehakdeep had the hockey stick. Both killers 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. Sehajpal and Mehakdeep 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.
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