Wolverhampton wife murder trial jury retires to consider verdict

The jury sitting at Birmingham Crown Court retired to consider their verdict shortly after 3pm, following the retrial which got underway in December.

Gurpreet Singh, aged 45, has denied murdering his wife Sarbjit Kaur, 38, at their house in Rookery Lane, Wolverhampton, on February 16, 2018.

Prosecutors allege Mrs Kaur, who worked as a seamstress in a workroom of the home, was killed within a 53-minute period between 8.10am and 9.03am on that same morning.

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