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Telford father tells court, ‘I didn’t mean to kill my daughter’
Wednesday 9th February 2011, 12:41PM GMT.
Amrit Kaur Ubhi, left, and her father Gurmeet Singh Ubhi
A Shropshire father broke down in tears as he told a murder trial he did not mean to kill his daughter in a fight at the family home.
Gurmeet Singh Ubhi told Leicester Crown Court he had used “minimum” force during a scuffle with 24-year-old Amrit Kaur Ubhi.
The 54-year-old is accused of murdering his daughter at their home on Berberis Road, Leegomery, Telford, on September 7 last year. He denies the charge.
Post mortem results showed she died from strangulation. Prosecutors yesterday asked Ubhi how much force he had used on a scale of one to 10 – with 10 being the highest.
Ubhi told jurors he used a level of 2.5 which was in self-defence.
During cross-examination, Miss Rachel Brand, prosecuting, accused Ubhi of being unable to explain extensive bruising to Miss Ubhi’s head and neck.
Miss Brand told Ubhi his hands must have moved down from his daughter’s head to her neck and he must have applied more pressure than he claims.
Ubhi, speaking through an interpreter, said: “It was the minimum, to restrain her from falling and hurting herself. She attacked me and I was trying to protect myself.”
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