“She was a good daughter. She attended college and later worked alongside me supporting the family — keeping a roof over our heads and food on our table,” said Bhavini’s father, Pravin Babu. (Courtesy: Leicester Police)
By S Neeraj Krishna
A UK COURT has sentenced to life a 23-year-old Leicester man for the “horrific” murder of his estranged partner.
Jigukumar Sorthi was sentenced to serve a minimum of 28 years’ imprisonment on Wednesday (16), after he was found guilty of stabbing Bhavini Pravin, 21, to death at her home in the city of Leicester in March.
Less than two hours after the incident, Sorthi, of East Park Road, approached an officer outside Spinney Hill police station and made admissions implicating himself in the fatal attack, said a Leicestershire Police spokesman.
According to the Leicester Mercury, Sorthi and Pravin had got engaged as per traditional customs in India in 2017. He moved to England on a spousal visa in August 2018, but the couple lived at separate addresses and the match did not seem to work out.
Pravin was to marry Sorthi in a religious Hindu wedding ceremony, but her family called it off a day before the murder.
When he gave himself up to the police, Sorthi had alleged that Pravin had “ruined his life”.