Men guilty of shopkeeper murder

Gurmail SinghThe court heard Mr Singh was attacked after he refused to hand over his “hard-earned money”

Two men have been convicted of murdering a shopkeeper during a robbery at his village store in West Yorkshire.

Gurmail Singh was hit over the head with bottles of wine from the shelves of Cowcliffe Convenience Store in Cowcliffe, Huddersfield, in February.

A jury convicted Huddersfield men Muawaz Khalid, 20, and Nabeel Shafi, 18, at Bradford Crown Court.

Three other men, Umare Aslam, 20, Shoaib Khan, 18, and Rehman Afzal, 18, were cleared of murder.

The six-week trial heard Mr Singh was attacked at about 2030 BST on 20 February after he refused to “meekly hand over his property, his hard-earned money” during the robbery.

He died in hospital the following day.

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