Spurned lover admits killing Wolverhampton mother-of-two in brutal Britannia Hotel attack
A spurned supermarket worker 'lost all reason' before launching a fatal knife attack on his sweetheart in a bedroom at a hotel, a jury has been told.
Gurminder Singh admits travelling to Wolverhampton from his home in London armed with a craft knife used at the shop where he worked, it was revealed.
The 29-year-old also accepts that this was the weapon used by him to inflict the injuries which cost the life of Amandeep Kaur Hothi, also 29.
The admissions came in a list of facts agreed by both prosecution and defence in the case that was read to Wolverhampton Crown Court.
Singh from Green Lane, Forest Gate denies murder on the grounds that he was not in control of his actions when tragedy struck at the Britannia Hotel in the city centre on March 5.
He said in an agreed written statement given to detectives three weeks later after his release from hospital following treatment to self inflicted throat injuries:"I did not intend to kill her but was going to kill myself as she said she was going to get married. I told her that I could not live without her.
"However when she called her husband I lost all reason and attacked her as I found out she had been lying to me throughout our relationship. I felt betrayed and acted without thought. I had the knife in my hand intending to kill myself. When I realised what I had done I cut my throat because I wished to die."
Singh was taken to hospital after ringing the ambulance service at 9.45am on March 6. Paramedics found him lying on the bed in Room 125 that he had booked. Mrs Hothi was lying face down on the floor but had been dead for some time, the court heard.
She had told the defendant her name was Simran Sandhu and used a second mobile phone and Facebook to communicate with him during their 12 month relationship, it was claimed. He came to Wolverhampton nine times and had booked a room at the Britannia once before the stabbing. Her husband knew nothing of the relationship and Singh had not realised she was married, the court heard.
She was slashed over 24 times with the craft knife and at least ten of the injuries combined to form a fatal single wound that stretched three quarters of the way round the neck, revealed Home Office pathologist Dr Alexander Kolar.
This would have led to her almost immediate collapse and caused death within two minutes, he added.
But Mrs Hothi managed to fight for her life before receiving the fatal injuries, it was said. Several wounds to both her hands - including the palm and fingers - and left arm were suffered as she tried to fend of blows and grab the knife, concluded Dr Kolar. The case continues today(mon15).
