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'Lakhvir Kaur Singh was convicted of the murder of her former lover [[Lakhvinder Cheema]] through the use of the poison [[Aconite]]. Singh became known as "The Curry Killer" due to the food to which the poison was added.<ref>http://www.courtnewsuk.co.uk/video_vaults/?page=3</ref><ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7024098.ece</ref> ==Background== The main event leading up to the murder of Lakhvinder Cheema was his breaking off the sixteen year affair he had been having with Singh to marry a younger woman in October 2008.<ref name= times> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7024098.ece</ref> Prior to this Singh had also threatened that she would burn down his house when she found him in bed with the woman he would later leave her for.<ref name = Mail>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241434/Jealous-wife-threatened-burn-ex-lovers-house-killing-poisoning-young-fiancee.html</ref> ==Murder== When Singh returned from a trip to [[India]] the following month, she brought back with her the Aconite that she would later use in the murders. On 27 January Singh went to the victim's home and laced a curry in his fridge with the poison as she knew that he and his [[fiancée]] would eat that food later that evening.<ref name= times>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7024098.ece</ref> ==Trial== The case gained attention due to the particularity cruel nature of Cheema's killing. Victims of aconite poisoning suffer severe [[vomiting]], become [[paralysed]] and have the sensation of ants crawling over their body. Their organs stop working and they die from [[asphyxiation]], yet they remain conscious throughout.<ref name=Aconitine>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitine</ref><ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249913/Lakhvir-Singh-guilty-killing-ex-lover-poisoned-curry.html#ixzz19MlGshib</ref> The case was also unusual, as the last prosecution for murder using aconite was that of [[George Henry Lamson]] in 1882. The trial took place at the [[Old Bailey]] in 2010.<ref name= Date>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241434/Jealous-wife-threatened-burn-ex-lovers-house-killing-poisoning-young-fiancee.html</ref> ==Sentence== Singh was convicted on 10 February 2010 of the murder of Lakhvinder Cheema and [[grievous bodily harm]] against his new fiancée who survived the attack (Singh was [[acquitted]] of attempted murder). Singh was also acquitted of administering poison to her ex-lover's food on a previous occasion. <ref name= Chambers> http://www.argentchambers.co.uk/site/news/r_v_lakhvirkaur_singh.html</ref> The Crown had sought [[life imprisonment]] for Singh with a minimum term of 30 years, due to the gravity of the case and the level of [[premeditation]] involved in addition to the the fact there had been two victims. Singh received a [[life sentence]] with a 23 year [[minimum term]].<ref>http://www.argentchambers.co.uk/site/news/r_v_lakhvirkaur_singh.html</ref> ==See also== [[George Henry Lamson]] [[Old Bailey]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Poisoners]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Murder in 2009]] [[Category:English female murderers]] [[Category:English people convicted of murder]] [[Category:People convicted of murder by England and Wales]]'