Police said the investigation into the death of Baljit Singh Bhamra, whose body was found in the hallway of a building in the city’s northeast, had led to charges, and had been deemed a homicide.
EDMONTON – Police in Edmonton has charged an 18-year-old man with murder in the death of an Indo-Canadian man Tuesday.
Police said the investigation into the death of Baljit Singh Bhamra, whose body was found in the hallway of a building in the city’s northeast, had led to charges, and had been deemed a homicide.
Police said Friday that Donovan Howard Wentworth, 18, had been charged with second degree murder of 49-year-old Bhamra.
On Tuesday, December 1, the Bhamra’s body was found in the hallway of a building located at 49 Street and 134 Avenue.
An autopsy has determined the man’s death was a homicide – police said the cause of death was not being released for investigative reasons.
soNormal>Sandhu said he felt alienated by other family members in Abbotsford who didn’t like how his grandmother doted on him, reported the Sun.
He started smoking pot and drinking in Grade 9, getting into trouble in school and later with the police.
“I was hanging around with the wrong crowd. I was hanging around with people who were partying, getting into fights,” he testified.
Some had gang links. Some were selling drugs, he admitted as two Vancouver police officers provided security at the hearing in downtown Vancouver.
He denied murdering Red Scorpion gang leader Matt Campbell in January 2014. He was charged with second-degree murder a month after the fatal stabbing, but that charge was stayed in February 2015 and Sandhu was released from custody, reported the Sun.
Sandhu’s many run-ins with the law includes two convictions for assaulting people with weapons to which he pleaded guilty. The first occurred in March 2010 and the pregnant victim told police Sandhu had broken into her home, knocked her to the ground and threatened her with brass knuckles.
He admitted that he has had friends in the Dhak-Duhre and United Nations gangs.
“I know that path is either go to jail or you die,” he said of his criminal life.
But he said that once he met his future wife, a law student, he knew he wanted to change his path, reported the Sun.
