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Indian migrant jailed for 28 years for murdering woman at London Airbnb

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Deepak Sandhu, 24, has been jailed for a minimum of 28 years for murdering 39-year-old Xiaoqing Ke at an Airbnb bedsit in west London. A jury at the Old Bailey took just two hours of deliberation on Thursday to find the former AI student guilty of both murder and perverting the course of justice by trying to flee the country. Prosecutor Caroline Carberry KC described him as a "fantasist" who carried out "a brutal and fatal revenge attack" after Ke, a Chinese national, saw through his deceptions. The Mirror reports that Ke ended their brief relationship after discovering he had stolen £500 from her handbag and lied about being a model. Her body was discovered on the bedroom floor of the Old Brompton Road property in Earl's Court on December 10 last year, bearing a deep knife wound to the neck. Sandhu arrived in the UK from India in September 2024 on a student visa, which was cancelled six months later after he dropped out of his course at Southampton Solent University. The Daily Mail notes that he had no right to be in the UK at the time of the murder.

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Publication timeline

  1. · Daily Mail (outlet profile)

    Indian migrant who pretended to be a model and actor and murdered woman at Airbnb when he had no right to be in UK is jailed for 28 years. Deepak Sandhu (pictured) had come to the UK on a student visa the UK in Septembe…

  2. · The Mirror (outlet profile)

    University dropout murdered woman in 'brutal revenge' at Airbnb after she rejected him. Deepak Sandhu, 24, murdered 39-year-old Xiaoqing Ke after she ended their brief relationship upon discovering he had stolen £500 fr…

  3. · GB News (outlet profile)

    Indian migrant murdered woman at London Airbnb after she rejected him. An Indian migrant has been convicted of murdering a woman at an Airbnb bedsit in west London after she rejected him. Deepak Sandhu, a 24-year-old In…

  4. · London & UK Street News (outlet profile)

    Update: Deepak Sandhu, 24, was jailed for a minimum of 28 years..

Factual core

  • Deepak Sandhu, a 24-year-old Indian national, was convicted of murdering Xiaoqing Ke at an Airbnb bedsit in west London.
  • Deepak Sandhu came to the UK on a student visa in September 2024.
  • Deepak Sandhu had lied about being a model, which contributed to the relationship's breakdown.

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