Gurdeep Garcha K.C. is defending a 19-year-old man who is standing trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court accused of the murder of a 27-year-old woman who worked at a hotel which provided accommodation for asylum seekers.
The defendant is an asylum seeker, originally from Sudan. He had been staying at the Park Inn Hotel, Walsall, for several months.
The deceased had worked at that hotel for a similar period. It is the prosecution case that in October 2024, having finished her shift just after 11p.m., she was followed by the defendant as she walked to the nearby Bescot Railway Station. There, whilst on the platform, she was attacked with a screwdriver in a vicious and frenzied manner; leaving her fatally wounded. Tragically, she died in hospital 3 days later.
The defendant denies that he is the assailant and asserts that he has been wrongly identified.
The trial is expected to last two weeks and will be heard by a High Court Judge.
Mr Garcha KC is instructed by Lalli and Co Solicitors, 4 Moat Road, Walsall, WS2 9PJ Tel 01922 613322
The case has attracted widespread publicity, both locally and nationally. Some links to the case can be found below:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14022895/sister-stabbed-death-job-asylum-seeker-hotel.html