New York, May 14
An Indian-origin woman in the US has been convicted by a jury of killing her nine-year-old stepdaughter in 2016 and faces up to life in prison at sentencing.
Shamdai Arjun, 55, of Queens, New York, has been convicted of second-degree murder by a jury that deliberated for less than one hour before Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder, who indicated that he would sentence her on June 3. Arjun faces up to 25 years to life in prison. Arjun was convicted of the August 2016 strangulation death of her nine-year-old stepdaughter Ashdeep Kaur, who was left in her care.
“This is a horrifying case of a defenseless nine-year-old child, who was to be cared for by her stepmother but was instead strangled to death by her. Her actions are truly incomprehensible and deserve the maximum punishment allowed under the law,” Acting Queens District Attorney John Ryan said.
On the evening of August 19, 2016, Arjun was observed by an eyewitness leaving her apartment. When asked about the victim’s whereabouts, Arjun informed them the child was waiting for her father to pick her up. Later, they found Kaur’s lifeless naked body in the bathtub. — PTI
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/30kkQP5
via Today’s News Headlines
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