Husband sentenced to life in prison
for wife’s murder in Surrey
The husband of a woman who was murdered in a stabbing in Surrey has been sentenced for second-degree murder.
Karpreet Kaur Gill was murdered by her husband on Dec. 7, 2022.
On Dec. 7, 2022, Surrey RCMP officers responded to a stabbing at a home on 66 Avenue.
When they arrived they found Karpreet in medical distress due to stab wounds. She later died in hospital.
Police said a suspect was arrested at the scene.
Seven months later, Navinder Gill, Karpreet’s husband, pleaded guilty to second-degree homicide in June 2023.
Navinder Gill has now been sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 10 years, B.C.’s homicide investigation team announced on Thursday.
“Incidents of intimate partner violence have a profound effect on families and communities,” Sgt. Timothy Pierotti said.
“We’re thankful for the great work being done by Surrey RCMP Victim Services and the Ministry of Children and Family Development who continue to support the family and the community.”
Karpreet Kaur Gill left behind three children, all under the age of 10, and a GoFundMe for the family raised more than $18,000 to help support them.
Unfortunately, no motive for the murder was conveyed in the article.
An early Candidate for Mother of the Year
Mom who left toddler at home for 10 days while on holiday pleads guilty to murder
An Ohio mother has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder after she left her 16-month-old daughter in a playpen at home while she went on a vacation.
Kristel Candelario, 32, is facing a lifetime in prison after her daughter Jailyn was found dead in their Cleveland home.
She had been left alone for 10 days while Candelario travelled to Detroit and Puerto Rico last summer, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley wrote in a press release.
When Candelario returned home on June 16, she found the 16-month-old unresponsive and she called police.
“Jailyn was extremely dehydrated at the time of death,” O’Malley wrote. “Jailyn was discovered in a Pack-N-Play pen on a liner soiled with urine and feces with soiled blankets.”
An autopsy determined that the toddler had died of starvation and severe dehydration.
Candelario pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and child endangerment on Thursday as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, who agreed to dismiss two additional murder counts and a felonious assault charge.
Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 18.
“This case is one of those truly unimaginable cases that will stick with me for many years to come,” O’Malley said Thursday. “As prosecutors, it is our job to represent the victims and today we spoke on behalf of 16-month-old Jailyn — who is no longer with us — due to the selfish decisions her mother made. This conviction today is the first step towards justice for Jailyn.”
When Candelario was first indicted on murder charges last summer, O’Malley said at the time that it was “unfathomable that a mother would leave her 16-month-old child alone without any supervision for 10 days to go on a vacation.”
“As parents, we are supposed to protect and care for our children. Imagining this child’s suffering during her last days of life alone is truly horrifying, and we will do everything in our power to seek justice on her behalf,” he was quoted as saying by News 5 Cleveland.
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