Woman 'left dying in street with severed hand'

A woman hacked to death on the orders of her husband was left dying in the street with a severed hand, the Old Bailey heard today.

Geeta Aulakh, 28, was executed as she went to collect their two young sons from a childminder because she had begun divorce proceedings, said Aftab Jafferjee, QC, prosecuting.

Harpreet Aulakh, in an act of “breathtaking indifference”, had offered £5,000 (€5,680) for her death in a room full of Punjabi men, said Mr Jafferjee.

Mrs Aulakh, who worked as a receptionist for a radio station, was found dying in Braund Avenue, Greenford, west London, in November last year.

Harpreet Aulakh (aged 32), of Chesterton Close, Greenford, and Sher Singh (aged 19), of Wren Avenue, Southall, Harpreet Singh (aged 20), of Elmwood Road, Slough, and Jaswant Dhillon (aged 30), of High Road, Ilford, east London, deny murder.