Man sentenced under Mental Health Act

London, December 19

A 34-year-old Sikh man in the UK, who pleaded guilty for strangulating his wife, has been sentenced to a hospital restriction with no-time limit order under the country’s Mental Health Act.

Harjinder Pal was arrested following the killing at their home in Southall in 2009 but was deemed unfit to be tried and was detained under the Mental Health Act.

A recent assessment of his health led to him being considered fit to stand trial at the Old Bailey Court this week, where he admitted to the crime. Harjinder, who was a policeman in Punjab earlier, was married to Kulvir Kaur in 2008 and they moved to England a year later. Medical experts concluded Pal was suffering from schizoid affective disorder — PTI