Man Brutally Thrashed Ex-Wife To Death After Driving To Her House With Their Son

A man, who brutally thrashed his ex-wife to death in a "frenzied attack," was sentenced to at least 28 years in jail by a U.K. court.

Jasbinder Gahir attacked his ex-wife, Balvinder, leaving her with fatal brain injuries, following a row over their family home. The Coventry Crown Court on Thursday heard the murder took place on Aug. 24, 2020, BBC News reported.

After their divorce in 2012, Balvinder had approached the court, following which Jasbinder was ordered to transfer the deeds of their Valley Road property and make a further financial payment to his wife, which he failed to do. In June 2020, Balvinder re-engaged her solicitors and two letters were sent to Jasbinder to enforce the order, a statement by Warwickshire Police said.

This triggered the accused, who flew into a rage, and threatened to attack her "because she's a greedy cow... I worked for it all."

During the trial, the court was told the officers were called to a report of a disturbance at Balvinder's property at 2.40 a.m. (9.40 p.m. ET). They found Balvinder's bruised body inside the bedroom.

On the day of the murder, Jasbinder had driven to the crime scene -- Balvinder's home at the town of Lillington -- with the couple's son, 23-year-old Rohan Singh, BBC reported. Further investigations proved Jasbinder and Rohan had parked in the road close to the crime scene. Shortly before 2.30 am (ET 9:30 pm), Rohan was seen inside the car and Jasbinder walking into the house.

Soon after committing the murder, the two men traveled back to Maidenhead and disposed of Balvinder’s clothes by burning them in a garage near to where they lived.

Jasbinder denied the crime and claimed his visit to the house was a pre-planned trip. On arriving at the front door, he said, he heard loud voices on the property. He claimed he left believing another man was there at home at the time.

However, the prosecution proved Jasbinder was capable of deceit. Evidence also proved an "extraordinary web of lies" throughout Jasbinder's adult lifetime. He is said to have misled family members, friends and even official organizations that he worked as a commercial pilot and had served in the RAF, neither of which were true, the Warwickshire Police statement said.

Rohan, however, claimed he knew nothing of the plan to attack his mother and acted under duress in destroying evidence.

However, the jurors convicted Jasbinder guilty of murder and sentenced him to serve a minimum term of 28 years. Rohan was found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice and jailed for three-and-a-half years.