Overview
- Boota Singh was jailed for four years, Damanjit Singh received three years and four months in his absence, and Rajvinder Takhar Singh was sentenced to three years and ten months.
- Video evidence showed Damanjit Singh and Rajvinder Takhar Singh carrying large knives, and police later found two machetes in Boota Singh’s car.
- Officers said the August 20, 2023 violence in Alvaston was pre-planned after a prior meeting, with reports of shots fired and multiple injuries at the family sporting event.
- Two other defendants were acquitted by the jury in the latest trial, following seven men jailed last year for their roles in the same disorder.
- The judge noted that Indian passport holder Damanjit Singh may face deportation after sentence, a decision reserved for the Secretary of State.