Murder of Aurman Singh

Aurman Singh (9 November 1999 – 21 August 2023) was a 23-year-old delivery driver who was murdered on 21 August 2023 while working in Shrewsbury, England.[1] He was killed in a planned ambush attack. Six men have been convicted of murder, one was convicted of manslaughter, and two suspects remain wanted in connection with the case.

Killing

Aurman Singh, of Smethwick, worked as a delivery driver for DPD and was based at a depot in Stoke-on-Trent.[2] On 21 August 2023, he was delivering parcels on Berwick Avenue in Shrewsbury when he was attacked by a group of men who had travelled to the area in two cars.[3]

The group had obtained details of Aurman Singh’s delivery route from Sukhmandeep Singh, a colleague at DPD. The attackers used multiple weapons, including an axe, a shovel and other implements.[3] Singh sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.[4]

Investigation

The perpetrators fled in a white Mercedes-Benz and a grey Audi, and some weapons were later recovered after being discarded near the scene.[4] The Mercedes, which Mehakdeep Singh and Sehajpal Singh had fled in, was later found abandoned in Shrewsbury. The pair travelled by taxi to Shrewsbury railway station before continuing by train to Wolverhampton.[4] They then fled to Austria, where they were arrested in May 2024.[4]

Trials and convictions

In April 2024, Arshdeep Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Shivdeep Singh and Manjot Singh were convicted of murder at Stafford Crown Court.[3] Each was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years.[5] After the convictions, it was revealed that the four men were in the United Kingdom illegally following the expiration of their visas.[6]

Sukhmandeep Singh was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter for supplying information about the victim’s delivery route and was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.[5]

Following a separate trial in March 2025, Mehakdeep Singh and Sehajpal Singh were also convicted of murder.[4] On 11 April 2025, both were sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years.[2][7]

In sentencing remarks, the trial judge described the killing as a planned ambush in which Singh had been unaware the group were waiting for him.[2]

Remaining suspects

As of 2025, two men remain wanted in connection with the case: Harpreet Singh and Harwinder Singh Turna.[4][8] In March 2025, the jury was told that Turna had caught a flight to Delhi soon after the attack and remained at large.[9]

Motive

No motive was suggested by prosecutors at the 2024 trial. The Crown Prosecution Service said that their purpose was to prove that the crime had been committed, and not its motive.[3] During the 2025 trial, the prosecution suggested the killing was linked to unrest at a kabaddi tournament in Derby the previous day; Mehakdeep Singh testified that he had attended the tournament and that a friend had been hospitalised following violence there.[10]

Media

In June 2025, a three-part documentary, “The DPD Murder”, was broadcast as part of the BBC series Murder 24/7.[11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ Humphreys, Nick (25 August 2023). "Shrewsbury murder: Inquest opened into death of Smethwick delivery driver, 23". Express & Star. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c McIntyre, Alex; Knight, Ellen (11 April 2025). "Pair jailed for life for DPD driver's murder". BBC News. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d Price, Richard (28 March 2024). "DPD driver murder: Five guilty of Shrewsbury ambush killing". BBC News. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Killers face life behind bars after axe attack on Shropshire DPD driver". ITV News. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Armed mob convicted of killing DPD worker jailed for total of 122 years". ITV News. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Armed mob convicted of killing DPD worker in Shrewsbury were in the UK illegally". ITV News. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Two men jailed for murdering DPD delivery driver in axe attack". ITV News. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Wanted murder suspect escaped to India after DPD driver killed in Shrewsbury". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Suspect in Shrewsbury delivery driver murder case still at large in India as two more men face trial". ITV News. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  10. ^ Robertson, Dominic (20 March 2025). "Kabaddi tournament violence was behind fatal DPD worker ambush in Shrewsbury, court heard". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  11. ^ Davies, Hannah J. (16 June 2025). "Murder 24/7 review – it feels so iffy watching brutal hour-by-hour death". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  12. ^ Ashmore, Kelly (16 June 2025). "Brutal DPD murder is focus of new BBC2 true crime series Murder 24/7". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  13. ^ Guyoncourt, Sally (16 June 2025). "Mehakdeep and Sehajpal Singh now: How long Aurman Singh's killers were jailed". i. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
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