- Thursday, February 27, 2025
Tarsame Singh, 79, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday (31) where he admitted hitting his wife Maya Devi, 77, with the bat at their home in east London, killing her.
By: Shubham Ghosh
AN elderly British Sikh man, who walked into a police station in London three months ago to inform officers that he had murdered his wife, has pleaded guilty to killing her with a hard wooden bat used in the game of rounders.
Tarsame Singh, 79, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday (31) where he admitted hitting his wife Maya Devi, 77, with the bat at their home in Hornchurch in east London, killing her. The man, who is the father of three, will be sentenced at the same court next month.
“This is a tragic case and one which has left the couple’s three children utterly distraught,” Metropolitan Police detective chief inspector Mark Rogers, who led the investigation, was quoted as saying by PTI.
“No one should ever lose their mother in this way and we will continue to think of, and support them, at this difficult time. Singh has never admitted what caused him to act in such a violent way that evening but we are pleased he has pleaded guilty and will now face a significant custodial sentence,” he said.
On May 2, Singh walked into Romford police station in east London and told the front desk that he had just killed his wife.
Met Police officers immediately attended the house on Cowdray Way in Elm Park and found Maya Devi unresponsive on the living room floor. The wooden rounders bat was found nearby.
The Met Police said “significant” amounts of blood staining were found on the carpet and nearby walls.
Maya Devi was pronounced dead at the scene and a post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be blunt force head injuries.
Singh was charged the next day and remanded into custody.
(With PTI inputs)
