The teenage son of a British woman found guilty of murdering her husband in India has expressed his anticipation for witnessing her execution.
In an interview with MailOnline, 17-year-old Arjun Singh stated that he wanted to personally witness justice being served.
Last month, Ramandeep Kaur Mann, a 38-year-old woman from Derby, was sentenced to death for the murder of her husband, Sukhjit Singh, during a family holiday in India in 2016.
The court heard how she drugged his chicken biryani before slitting his throat.
Mr. Singh, who was just nine years old at the time, witnessed the murder and his testimony played a crucial role in securing her conviction.
Speaking to the MailOnline, he said, “There are not many children who watch their mother kill their father and then give evidence about it.
How do you try and get on with your life after something like this?”
He vividly recalled the details of that fateful night: “I was fast asleep and then I heard a banging noise. I looked up from under the sheet and my mum was on top of my dad, smothering him with a pillow.”
Mrs. Mann conspired with her lover, Gurpreet Singh, her husband’s childhood friend, to carry out the murder.
Death by hanging
In the interview, Anish Singh recounted that his mother’s lover then struck him on the head with a hammer. He said, “I remember the two of them then had a conversation saying ‘he’s still alive. We’ve got to finish him off.’
My mum then took the knife and slit his throat.”
Gurpreet Singh confessed to the crime and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Anish Singh was in Britain when his mother’s sentence was announced after her trial in Shahjahan District Court in the state of Uttar Pradesh, northern India.
In India, the death penalty is typically carried out by hanging.
Mr. Singh expressed his desire to be present when his mother is executed and stated that he is not afraid of witnessing her final moments.
He believes it would bring him “satisfaction and relief.”
The teenager strongly believes that justice should be served for the sake of his father, stating that his mother “deserves” to hang “because she did such an evil thing.”
Despite the circumstances, he has no regrets about testifying and believes he had to be “brave.” He is proud of what he has done for his father.
Furthermore, he expressed that neither he nor his younger brother consider Mann as their mother anymore and want nothing to do with her.
