Man convicted of murder of woman in Earls Court

A guy has actually been founded guilty of killing a female in Earls Court after Met officers detained him minutes before he tried to leave the nation.

At the Old Bailey on Thursday, 15 October, Deepak Sandhu, 24 (28.12.01), of Newlands Avenue, Southampton was condemned of killing Xiaoqing Ke.

A Met examination exposed messages which revealed Sandhu had actually grown significantly mad after Xiaoqing tried to end their relationship, before taking a trip to London to perform his deadly attack.

Investigator Chief Inspector Wayne Jolley, who led the examination, stated: “Xiaoqing’s household have actually been through an unimaginably unpleasant time, and our ideas stay with them.

“Our group exposed essential proof which revealed Sandhu had actually ended up being focused on Xiaoqing and had actually subjected her to a tirade of managing and violent messages before eventually choosing to end her life.

“Xiaoqing ought to never ever have actually needed to sustain what took place to her either in the months before her death or in the last minutes of her life. Dealing with violence versus females and ladies stays among our crucial concerns, and we will do whatever to recognize those who perform these offenses and bring them to justice.”

The examination

Cops were contacted us to an address on Old Brompton Road, Earl’s Court, on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, to issues for the well-being of a lady.

Officers participated in and discovered the body of Xiaoqing Ke, 39, inside the residential or commercial property with numerous stab injuries.

A murder examination was released and officers collected proof, consisting of cellphones and clothes, to assist develop a photo of the attack and any appropriate background on those who had actually touched with Xiaoqing.

This work exposed messages in between Xiaoqing and a guy called Deepak Sandhu, who had actually plainly ended up being consumed with her following a quick relationship.

More analysis on blood drawn from the scene matched Sandhu and he was determined as a primary suspect.

Queries exposed that Sandhu had actually taken cash from her and lied to her, which caused her to trying to separate the relationship. Sandhu ended up being identified to retaliate, which he talked about in a message to a good friend in the days before the attack in addition to forecasting in a text that he would ‘end up being wicked’.

On Tuesday, 9 December 2025, he took a trip to London from Southampton with a knife after organizing to fulfill Xiaoqing. He tried to hide his identity before being let inside the address, where he then stabbed her.

Upon leaving around 90 minutes later on, he began efforts to get away the nation to prevent detection. He incorrectly declared to a relative that another guy eliminated Xioaqing while he existed and likewise reserved a flight to Mumbai.

Officers had the ability to find Sandhu and he was detained on Friday, 12 December after being stopped and warned while on board a coach en route to the airport.

Sandhu will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 16 October.