Sentence for bank murder 'should be reviewed'

AN MP has called for a review into the sentencing of the man who killed a beloved father-of-three in a Derby bank.

- By NIGEL SLATER

Gurvinder Singh Johal, who was part of the team that opened Indian restaurant, Hen and Chickens, at the former Crown and Arrows pub in Shelton Lock, was stabbed to death in a random attack by Somalian asylum seeker Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur inside Lloyds Bank in May.

Nur was sentenced to life in prison - a minimum of 24 years and 191 days - for killing Mr Johal at the bank’s Derby branch on St Peter’s Street.

In court it was heard Nur paid £400 to be brought to the UK illegally and committed a number of offences, including robbery, assault and resisting a public official, in four European countries before he arrived in the UK.

Derbyshire Police said it was unaware of his involvement with other police forces abroad.

Now Derby South MP Baggy Shanker says he has requested a review into the prison sentence handed to Nur.

He told a Derby City Council meeting that he was “actively working” on the case and requested a sentence review on behalf of Mr Johal’s family.