LONDON, Dec 24 (APP): Five British Sikhs have been jailed for a total of 66 years for murdering a Muslim tenant.
A London court jury found landlord Balbir Singh Dhillon and his four accomplices Amarjit Dhillon, Mohan Singh, Charan Singh and Surinder Singh guilty of murdering 21-year-old Rizwan Yousaf in his rented one-room flat in East London in March this year.
All were given life sentences with minimum terms totalling 66 years. The tenant had moved into his rented accommodation two weeks before his murder. The jury also heard that Yousaf was far from ideal tenant as he played loud music and kept a noisy dog.
On the day of the attack, he had locked himself out of his home and visited Dhillon for a key, upsetting the landlord’s wife with his aggressive demands.
The court also heard that Yousaf made an emergency call and spoke of his life in danger after being threatened of eviction by the landlord. Police visited his home but chose not to record the threat.