The family of a young mother who was stabbed to death by an intruder while she slept beside her husband and their three-month-old baby have called for 'justice' following her 'shocking' death. Kirandeep Kaur, 24, was allegedly attacked by stranger Daniel Sean James in her home in Hayes, west London, on the morning of July 12.
Attack Details
Ms Kaur, who had been living in the UK since 2024 on a student visa, suffered a stab wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at 8.26am. Before the random attack, James allegedly walked through a playing field in Hayes dressed in black and carrying a large knife. The 46-year-old was caught on CCTV and doorbell cameras approaching three different addresses before coming up behind a man in his 20s and stabbing him in the back, it is claimed.
Minutes later, at around 7.51am, he is said to have kicked at the door of the home Ms Kaur shared with her husband and baby and broke in while they were asleep. The husband awoke to a scream from his wife and saw a figure leaving the bedroom, prosecutor Charlene Sumnall told the Old Bailey on Thursday. James left the property in Uxbridge Road two minutes later by jumping out of a window, breaking both ankles, and collapsed after 10 metres.
Family's Plea
Speaking to ITV News, Ms Kaur's mother Baljeet said: 'We send them somewhere safe to study then this happens. We didn't realise hooliganism and violence is happening there too. We want justice, we want our daughter's body returned from Hayes.' Ms Kaur's brother Gurvinder Singh said the family found out only on Friday that she had died. 'We were shocked, we don't understand what we can do,' he said. Mr Singh added that the family have no one who could bring Ms Kaur's body back to their village in Punjab.
Fundraising and Legal Proceedings
A GoFundMe page set up by the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall Gurdwara to help raise money for funeral arrangements and repatriation of her body to India has raised more than £34,600 as of Friday night. The Old Bailey heard that both victims were complete strangers to the defendant. James was treated in hospital before being taken into custody and charged with murder, attempted murder, and having a blade. Judge Nigel Lickley KC set a plea hearing for October 1 and a provisional three-week trial from April 5 next year, while James was remanded into custody.
