21/10/2010

Men Found Guilty Of Singh Murder

After a six-week trial, two men have been found guilty of murdering a shopkeeper during a robbery at his village store in West Yorkshire.

In February, Gurmail Singh was repeatedly hit over the head with bottles of wine from the shelves of Cowcliffe Convenience Store in Cowcliffe, Huddersfield.

Muawaz Khalid, 20, and Nabeel Shafi, 18, both from Huddersfield, were convicted at Bradford Crown Court.

Three other men, Umare Aslam, 20, Shoaib Khan, 18, and Rehman Afzal, 18, were cleared of murder.

Mr Singh was attacked, during the robbery, at approximately 8.30pm on 20 February after he refused to "meekly hand over his property, and his hard-earned money"

He died in hospital the following day.

(BMcN/GK)

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