Court Case Result - Criminal Sentence
- Country
- England & Wales
- Hearing Date
- 1 December 2016
- Court Location
- Guildford Crown Court
- Judge
- Judge Robert Fraser
- Case Number
- T20167171
- Name
- Sanjay Nijhawan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Co-Defendant/s
- No
- Bail Position
- In Custody
Offence/s
Sentencing Considerations
- Victim Personal Statement
- Yes
Sentencing Details
- Public Protection Sentence
- Minimum to Serve - Years: 9
- Total Sentence
- 9 Years - Life
- Parole Eligibility Date (PED)
- 30/11/2025
- Sentenced Upon
- Conviction After Trial
- Distinguishing Features / Details
- He was found guilty of manslaughter (diminished responsibility) in Weybridge, Surrey, on 21 May 2016. He was found not guilty of murder. He was suffering from depression when his wife asked him for a divorce. He attacked her in their home using an axe and a knife to inflict more than 120 wounds. His victim suffered head and neck injuries and died at the scene.
The judge said: "It was a brutal and sustained attack... You and your wife had argued the day before about divorce... You took her phone from her, clearly to stop her from using it to tell her family about the divorce... there is a significant risk of you causing serious harm to the public, in particular any future intimate partners." - Mitigating & Aggravating Factors
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Legal Teams & Authorities
- Chambers
- 2 Hare Court
- Barrister
- Stephen Orlando Fletcher Pownall KC
- Expert Witness
- Dr Philip Lewis Alan Joseph BSc, MB,BS, MD, FRCPsych
- Authority
- CPS Surrey
- Chambers
- Furnival Chambers
- Barrister
- Sally Jane O'Neill KC
- Police Area
- Surrey Police
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