A Coventry man killed his wife with a machete before setting himself on fire in a suicide bombing, according to an investigation. Sewa Singh Badial, 87, repeatedly hit his wife Sukhjit with a machete in the living room of his home on Kenilworth Road, Coventry.
He then went into the garden and sat down by an outdoor fire, and while he was still wearing his blood-stained clothes, he poured liquid on himself before turning it on. What happened in the garden was filmed on CCTV.
Their bodies were found on June 29, 2021.
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An investigation into his death in Coventry Forensic Court found that “in a chair in the living room was a farewell note written by the deceased describing an argument with his wife.” Delroy Henry, a forensic expert in the Coventry and Warwickshire area, concluded that Mr Badial had committed suicide while his 73-year-old wife had been illegally murdered, BirminghamLive reports.
At the hearing recording, Henry said Ms. Badial had “suffered a series of injuries to her upper body and limbs that were described as defensive actions to move away from a blade instrument.” The forensic court learned that her body was found with a garden machete, along with a wrench, which was also used to hit her in the face.
The coroner said Ms Badial died of head and face injuries, while the cause of her husband’s death was due to the effects of the fire.
Police outside a Kenilworth Road property where a man and a woman were found dead
Hundreds of people flocked to social media to express their sadness when his death was announced and to offer their condolences and prayers for the couple. The couple had four children and seven grandchildren, and Mr. Badial ran the well-known Badial department store on Soho Road in Birmingham.
A statement from his family said they were “supporters of good causes and committed members of the local Midlands community”.
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