Overview
- Prosecutors say a stranger forced into a Hayes home on July 12 and stabbed 24-year-old Kirandeep Kaur while she slept beside her husband and three-month-old baby; she was pronounced dead at 8.26am.
- Police have charged 46-year-old Daniel Sean James with murder, attempted murder and possession of a blade and a judge remanded him with a plea hearing set for October 1 and a provisional three-week trial from April 5 next year.
- Court testimony says CCTV and doorbell footage show the suspect in a playing field and approaching multiple addresses before he allegedly stabbed an unrelated man in the street, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
- Kaur’s family in Punjab have asked for her body to be returned to their village and a gurdwara-organised GoFundMe has raised more than £34,600 to pay for repatriation and funeral costs.
- The killing has prompted protests and a planned vigil in Hayes and the Old Bailey proceedings will allow months for evidence disclosure and pre-trial hearings before the matter reaches a jury.