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  • Man acknowledges killing wife with rounders bat in London

    Man acknowledges killing wife with rounders bat in London

    A retired man brutally beat his wife to death at their house before immediately confessing to the murder.

    Tarsame Singh approached the Romford police station on May 2 of this year and told the front desk that he had killed his wife Maya Devi.

    The moment the 79-year-old turned himself in, police descended onto the east London home he shared with his partner.

    Police found Ms. Devi, 77, unconscious on the living room floor along with a wooden rounders bat that had been abandoned.

    She was pronounced dead after the cops arrived.

    The bloody crime scene on Cowdray Way in Elm Park also included significant amounts of blood stains on the carpet and walls.

    The day after making his confession, Singh was charged and has since been kept in detention.

    He appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday and admitted to killing his wife there.

    After the terrible event, a post-mortem examination revealed that Ms Devi had died from blunt force head injuries.

    Before retiring, the pair is believed to have managed the post office in neighbouring Rainham for many years.

    Despite being from India originally, they have both lived in Britain for more than 50 years.

    The investigation’s chief detective, Detective Chief Inspector Mark Rogers, stated: “This is a tragic case and one that has left the couple’s three children utterly distraught.”

    Nobody should ever lose their mother in such a way, and we will keep them in our thoughts and provide them with support at this trying time.

    Singh has never acknowledged what led to his violent behaviour that evening, so we are happy that he has pleaded guilty and will now be facing a lengthy prison term.

    On Friday, September 29, he will get his punishment in the same court.

    A father who killed his wife and two small children by strangling them was sentenced to 40 years in prison earlier this month.

  • Rapist sentenced for nearly nine years after meeting victim on dating app

    Rapist sentenced for nearly nine years after meeting victim on dating app

    A woman who was sexually assaulted by a man she met on a dating app wrote to him to tell him that she doesn’t hate him, despite feeling ’empty’ and ‘unsafe’ after the incident.

    On March 21 of this year, the 25-year-old was the target of Ryan Mulhern‘s 41-year-old attack, which she referred to as a “tragedy that could have been avoided.”

    After confessing to both rape and attempted rape, he has been behind bars for almost nine years.

    The victim was found crying by a passerby in Highgate, north London, telling them she had just been raped.

    She later told police she had gone to Mulhern’s home where he repeatedly raped her, despite her pleading with him to stop.

    A man hunt was launched before he was arrested in Islington, north London, on March 22.

    The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, wrote to her attacker in a victim impact statement read aloud at Snaresbrook Crown Court, where Mulhern was sentenced to eight years and nine months behind bars on Friday.  

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    She told him: ‘I reported you because it was the right thing to do.

    ‘Even now, I do not feel hatred towards you and am saddened that we are in such a situation.

    ‘However, I hate that your actions have made me feel unsafe, empty, and unworthy of others’ respect.

    ‘I have to deal with the impact of your violence for the foreseeable future.

    ‘This rape is a tragedy that could have and should have been avoided.

    ‘Even if you struggle to feel remorse towards me, I hope you can understand the hurt you have caused to the ones closest to you and yourself.’

    Speaking after the sentence was passed, Detective Sergeant Sam Lockstone, who led the investigation, said: ‘I hope the significant sentence handed down encourages other victims of rape to come forward, and brings the rape survivor in this case a sense of closure and justice.

    ‘Arresting, charging and seeing Mulhern jailed within just three months of the incident shows the dedication and commitment our teams have in pursuing justice for these horrific offences.’