A husband reportedly stabbed his 19-year-old wife to death but he layer confessed his murder months after moving to the UK from India.
Details of the Murder
Sahil Sharma, 24, stabbed Mehak Sharma repeatedly in the neck in their home in Croydon, south London before dialling 999 and calmly telling the operator: ‘I have killed my wife’.
During the SOS call, he falsely claimed that Mehak had been cheating on him and was therefore ‘responsible’ for her own death.
Just hours before, Sharma had texted Mehak: ‘Come home and see what I can do to you.’
Officers later found Mehak unresponsive with catastrophic knife injuries at the address on Ash Tree Way.
She Died at the Scene
Despite the medics‘ best efforts, she was pronounced dead at the scene on October 29 last year.
Mehak, from a village in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab, had moved to the UK on a student visa in November 2022 before Sharma, who she had married in June 2022, joined her in June 2023.
Court Sentencing
Sahil Sharma has been jailed for life April 26.
Kingston Crown Court heard during Sharma’s sentencing today that he had mentally and physically abused his wife throughout the course of their marriage.
Prosecutor Julian Evans said: ‘While he was still in India and Mehak was in the UK, Sahil would call her repeatedly and expect she answer each time.
‘She would be admonished by her employers for being on the phone while also being abused by her husband for not answering his calls.
‘If Mehak was on the phone to her mother, Sahil would ask her to send screenshots to prove this.
‘He became increasingly suspicious of her and accused her of lying about her whereabouts.’
