Two More Convictions In Aurman Singh Murder Case

Jason King1 April 2025 at 01:00Updated: 22 February 2026 at 21:505 min read

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Two More Convictions In Aurman Singh Murder Case

Two men join the five already jailed after the murder of the DPD driver.Two men join the five already jailed after the murder of the DPD driver.

By Jason KingBy Jason King

Jurors at Stafford Crown CourtJurors at Stafford Crown Courthave unanimously convictedMehakdeep Singh, 24Mehakdeep Singh, 24, andSehajpal Singh, 36Sehajpal Singh, 36for their roles in the brutal murder of23‐year‐old DPD driver Aurman Singh23‐year‐old DPD driver Aurman Singhon August 21, 2023. 5 men have already been jailed for the killing.

The defendants, who had fled the UK and were laterapprehended in Austriaapprehended in Austria, now face life imprisonment pending sentencing on April 11.

Aurman Singh was ambushed during his delivery round onBerwick Avenue, ShrewsburyBerwick Avenue, Shrewsburyby an armed gang that arrived intwo carstwo cars– ablack Audiblack Audiand awhite Mercedeswhite Mercedes. According to court testimony, after executing the attack, the vehicles sped off from the scene. The attackers used a range of weapons – including anaxeaxe,hockey stickhockey stick,shovelshovel,wooden stavewooden stave, andmetal barmetal bar– to inflict fatal injuries in a savage, almost instantaneous assault. In a harrowing account, it was revealed that Singh’s head was repeatedly hacked with an axe, fracturing his skull and exposing his brain to local residents who rushed to offer aid.

Armed police managed to hunt down theblack Audiblack Audi, arresting the four men inside who, along with an inside man who provided crucial information on how to ambush the victim, received a combined sentence of over120 years120 yearsin prison.

However, the men in thewhite Mercedeswhite Mercedesinitially escaped – with two of them now being convicted in the recent trial.

The trial, building on evidence from previous proceedings that saw four other men convicted for their involvement in Singh’s murder, left jurors grappling with the graphic and distressing details. Judge Simon Hirst acknowledged the toll the testimony had taken on the jury, remarking that they had effectively served a lifetime’sjury servicejury servicegiven the severity of the evidence presented and would never be required to sit on a jury again. “The law is a matter for me, the facts are a matter for you,” he said, adding that while the sentence will be one of life imprisonment, he must now decide the minimum period before the Parole Board can consider release.