Five men are accused of murdering Aurman Singh as he made his rounds for the delivery firm.
DPD driver Aurman Singh who lived in Smethwick was based at a depot in Stoke-on-Trent and was attacked in ShrewsburyAn attack with an axe, hockey stick and golf club was so severe on a DPD delivery driver as he made his rounds that a blow went straight through to his brain, prosecutors said at the start of a murder trial.
At Stafford Crown Court, all five of the accused appeared and included Arshdeep Singh, 24 of Tipton, Dudley; Jagdeep Singh, 23, of Dudley; Shivdeep Singh, 27, of Smethwick; Manjot Singh, 24, of Smethwick; and Sukhmandeep Singh, 24, of Peterborough. They deny murder. It was further alleged that Shivdeep Singh drove them to the scene and drove them away again, staying inside a dark grey Audi, one of two cars said to be involved.
On Tuesday, a witness told the court he became aware of the attack after hearing a “commotion” in the street outside his house.“I saw some people outside - all males - doing something in the middle of the road," he told the court.The witness said he saw one of the men wielding a shovel and another with a long stick which he described as being either a hockey stick or golf club.
Other witness statements read out in court described residents rushing to help the driver as he lay in the street. Prosecutors said at the trial's opening that Aurman Singh did not stand a chance against such an attack.
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