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Briton charged with murder of Punjabi-origin man

Police in the west Midlands have charged a Briton with the murder of Baljit Singh, whose body was discovered on New Year Day in Rowley Regis, near Birmingham.

Updated on: Jan 5, 2015, 10:26:02 IST
Hindustan Times | By , London
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Police in the west Midlands have charged a Briton with the murder of Baljit Singh, whose body was discovered on New Year Day in Rowley Regis, near Birmingham.

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Stuart Millership, 32, who was arrested on December 31, will appear before Wolverhampton magistrates on Monday.

Singh’s body was discovered in the basement of a property in Rowley Regis. A post mortem revealed that Singh , 50 , died as a result of head injuries and a knife wound to the neck. He was last seen on December 23 when he left his home to collect a birthday cake for his son.

The police said that his devastated family have been told of the latest developments in the ongoing investigation.

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