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Or sign-in if you have an account.An Indian man has been convicted for fatally stabbing his wife in Abbotsford, B.C., just six days after he landed in Canada. Photo by Diane Crocker /ContributedAn Indian man who fatally stabbed his wife just six days after he landed in Canada has been convicted by the B.C. Supreme Court.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events.Unlimited online access to National Post.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.Support local journalism.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events.Unlimited online access to National Post.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.Support local journalism.Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountorJagpreet Singh, 51 at the time of the killing, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 41-year-old Balwinder Kaur. She was his wife for more than 20 years.Kaur was stabbed through the heart and jugular vein. Her body was found with several stab wounds in her Abottsford, B.C., basement suite in mid-March 2024, according to the B.C. Supreme Court decision.During the trial, Singh testified the couple had a verbal conflict that turned physical.Get a dash of perspective along with the trending news of the day in a very readable format.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again“Specifically,” wrote B.C. Supreme Court Justice Andrea Ormiston, “Mr. Singh says he punched Ms. Kaur in the face … When she left the room for the kitchen, he says he followed her to apologize and that he had calmed down, but she then brandished a knife.”Singh claimed he disarmed his wife and put the knife back in the drawer, but alleged that she continued to swear at him and took a knife out of the drawer a second time. He testified when he made a second attempt to disarm her, “the knife made contact with his shoulder and he became angry.”In the ongoing attempt to disarm her, wrote Ormiston, “Singh says he accidentally poked her with the knife in her stomach.” He maintained that he had no memory of Kaur receiving fatal injuries.However, an autopsy showed that Kaur died of significant blood loss caused by seven stab wounds to her neck and chest.Ormiston also noted that Singh mentioned nothing about his wife brandishing a knife when he spoke to the police. Instead, he told them he didn’t know what happened after the argument. Defence counsel urged the court to find that the accused blacked out with rage during the altercation. His lawyer argued for manslaughter rather than a murder conviction.The trial evidence focused on the issue of intent, specifically whether the Crown proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Singh had the intent required to be convicted of murder. However, two witnesses testified that Singh told them he had killed Kaur, one testifying that he said: “I finished her off because she was deceiving me.”Ormiston ultimately deemed Singh’s testimony “untrustworthy and unreliable” and ruled that it “is incapable of raising any reasonable doubt about murderous intent, about Ms. Kaur provoking Mr. Singh in the way he described, or about such provocation causing him to suddenly experience an overwhelming loss of control that is legally excusable.”Regarding his evidence about ensuing memory loss, she wrote that “there is no basis to find that Mr. Singh perpetrated an unremembered attack on Ms. Kaur.”Singh and Kaur were married for over 20 years. They were the parents of two children who grew up in India with their parents. Their daughter moved to Canada to attend university. Kaur came in 2022 to Canada to assist her.On the night of the killing, the couple had gone out to temple — or gurdwara — and later a mall. They returned around 9:30 p.m. The prosecution provided an estimate that Kaur was stabbed within an hour of their return.A neighbour arrived at the basement suite shortly thereafter and saw Kaur lying motionless in a pool of blood. Kaur was found lying on the floor inside the doorway of the basement suite with a large pool of blood around her, notes Ormiston.“When police entered the home, Mr. Singh was a few metres away from her, either seated or kneeling on or near the sofa in the living room.” Singh was immediately arrested.“He had a bump and a minor cut to his forehead that he agreed were caused in the course of his arrest,” wrote Ormiston. “He also had a small abrasion, or a superficial cut to his left shoulder. Mr. Singh showed no signs of impairment or intoxication, nor was any such thing asserted by him in his evidence.”The police located two “similar bloodied knives” in the basement suite, that appear to be kitchen cutlery. The expert evidence, wrote Ormiston, “confirms … that there were significant bloodletting events in this basement suite, and a trail of blood between the bathroom and the living room that indicates the source of blood was moving through various spaces in the suite.”In his statement to police, Singh said the argument that initially arose was about Kaur telling him to find employment. But he testified in court that the conflict began when he proposed sexual intimacy and was rebuffed by Kaur. He said the dispute continued with him telling her to stay home from work so they could spend time together, but she refused.Meanwhile, Ormiston noted evidence presented in court that Kaur had made statements indicating she was “afraid of Mr. Singh arriving and that she did not want him to come to Canada.”Singh’s next court appearance is set for Oct. 19 to confirm completion of his psychiatric assessment, ahead of his sentencing hearing.Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here. Join the Conversation This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.