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On Wednesday, Bhupinderpal Gill and his former mistress Gurpreet Ronald were found guilty of first-degree murder in the savage 2014 killing of Gill’s wife.
Gill and Ronald were found guilty in the slaying of Jagtar Gill after six days of deliberation by the jury.
Entering the trial, the police theory was that Ronald and Gill, secret lovers who worked the same shifts as OC Transpo drivers, conspired and executed the murder plot so they could be together because divorce was not an option.
After nine weeks of testimony, the jury — five women, seven men — didn’t buy the often wild testimonies professed by both Gill and Ronald, who each tried to paint pictures of stumbling upon a murder scene after the fact.
The jury didn’t believe Ronald’s tale that she started dumping key evidence — including a bloody knife and latex gloves — for fear she’d be blamed for the killing because she was the mistress. Ronald lied to the police to cover her tracks and came up with an 11th-hour alibi that she was having tea with a doctor at the time of the murder.
But there was no wiggle room in the face of the incriminating DNA evidence against her.
The jury didn’t believe her story when she explained that her blood was found at the scene because she accidentally cut her finger with a knife while wiping her prints off it. The bloody knife was used in the killing, and she was now covering her tracks. Testifying in her own defence, Ronald told the jury that she picked up the murder weapon after accidentally stepping on it as she steadied herself on the blood-soaked carpet because she felt like she was going to faint at the sight of the horrifying discovery.
Then to explain how police also found her blood upstairs, she told the jury that she went looking for a band-aid. She said she didn’t call 911 because, again, she feared the murder would be pinned on her.
Ronald’s defence lawyer Michael Smith told the jury that there was no evidence that went to motive, and noted that their secret love affair had long ended and his client was in fact having another affair with another OC Transpo driver at the time of the Jan. 29, 2014 killing. So if you take the romance out of their relationship, the Crown case crumbles, Smith told court.
Jagtar Gill, 43, was slashed and bludgeoned on the living-room floor of her Barrhaven home on the 17th anniversary of her arranged marriage to Bhupinderpal Gill. Her family never liked him, and considered him a no-account street rat. They once accused him years ago of threatening to kill his wife — a claim he flatly rejected when he took the stand in his own defence.
He too told the jury that he happened on the murder scene when he returned home after running errands with his daughter. They bought grocery-store cake and flowers as anniversary gifts for Jagtar. The little girl, roses still in hand, was the first in the door. She screamed. Her father walked in and started yelling too. His mind was racing. He wondered aloud about suicide, then robbery and told the jury that he picked up one of the murder weapons — a bloody weightlifting bar — to arm himself in case an intruder — the real killer — was still in the house.
He said he ran upstairs and down, then it dawned on him. He was standing at the scene of his wife’s murder and he was holding the murder weapon. He said he hid it out of fear of being blamed for the killing. In his 911 call, he planted the seeds of what would anchor his version of events — saying in the call that he had just got home and feared an intruder had been in his house.
Even Gill, in his own words, figured he was screwed. In a police interview, he said no matter how you looked at it, he looked guilty. He insisted his innocence in the police interview and told so many lies that it was hard for Det. Chris Benson to keep count.
And on Wednesday, it appeared Gill was right. He looked guilty to the jury.
More to come.
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Gill and Ronald were found guilty in the slaying of Jagtar Gill after six days of deliberation by the jury.
Entering the trial, the police theory was that Ronald and Gill, secret lovers who worked the same shifts as OC Transpo drivers, conspired and executed the murder plot so they could be together because divorce was not an option.
After nine weeks of testimony, the jury — five women, seven men — didn’t buy the often wild testimonies professed by both Gill and Ronald, who each tried to paint pictures of stumbling upon a murder scene after the fact.
The jury didn’t believe Ronald’s tale that she started dumping key evidence — including a bloody knife and latex gloves — for fear she’d be blamed for the killing because she was the mistress. Ronald lied to the police to cover her tracks and came up with an 11th-hour alibi that she was having tea with a doctor at the time of the murder.
But there was no wiggle room in the face of the incriminating DNA evidence against her.
The jury didn’t believe her story when she explained that her blood was found at the scene because she accidentally cut her finger with a knife while wiping her prints off it. The bloody knife was used in the killing, and she was now covering her tracks. Testifying in her own defence, Ronald told the jury that she picked up the murder weapon after accidentally stepping on it as she steadied herself on the blood-soaked carpet because she felt like she was going to faint at the sight of the horrifying discovery.
Then to explain how police also found her blood upstairs, she told the jury that she went looking for a band-aid. She said she didn’t call 911 because, again, she feared the murder would be pinned on her.
Ronald’s defence lawyer Michael Smith told the jury that there was no evidence that went to motive, and noted that their secret love affair had long ended and his client was in fact having another affair with another OC Transpo driver at the time of the Jan. 29, 2014 killing. So if you take the romance out of their relationship, the Crown case crumbles, Smith told court.
Jagtar Gill, 43, was slashed and bludgeoned on the living-room floor of her Barrhaven home on the 17th anniversary of her arranged marriage to Bhupinderpal Gill. Her family never liked him, and considered him a no-account street rat. They once accused him years ago of threatening to kill his wife — a claim he flatly rejected when he took the stand in his own defence.
He too told the jury that he happened on the murder scene when he returned home after running errands with his daughter. They bought grocery-store cake and flowers as anniversary gifts for Jagtar. The little girl, roses still in hand, was the first in the door. She screamed. Her father walked in and started yelling too. His mind was racing. He wondered aloud about suicide, then robbery and told the jury that he picked up one of the murder weapons — a bloody weightlifting bar — to arm himself in case an intruder — the real killer — was still in the house.
He said he ran upstairs and down, then it dawned on him. He was standing at the scene of his wife’s murder and he was holding the murder weapon. He said he hid it out of fear of being blamed for the killing. In his 911 call, he planted the seeds of what would anchor his version of events — saying in the call that he had just got home and feared an intruder had been in his house.
Even Gill, in his own words, figured he was screwed. In a police interview, he said no matter how you looked at it, he looked guilty. He insisted his innocence in the police interview and told so many lies that it was hard for Det. Chris Benson to keep count.
And on Wednesday, it appeared Gill was right. He looked guilty to the jury.
More to come.
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