Most troubling of all, what happened to the children? But age or gender was no protection when three generations of the same family were wiped out in one of the UK's most shocking crimes. He was charged with heroin smuggling and assaulting the officer. As you are aware, I've been doing some exports to the USA described as magazines, but in fact this was khat (a drug) which is illegal in the USA. She was also aware that Allan Showery frightened Teresita. They ranged from an eight-week-old boy to a 51-year-old grandmother. Mr Chohan's body was found close to Bournemouth pier in Dorset by a canoeist on April 22, but was identified only on Thursday, police said. Horncy is a failed accountant who recruited drug addicts, derelicts and the homeless at 50 a time in exchange for personal details that could be used to obtain a passport. They are believed to have headed for the South Coast at the time the Chohans vanished. "He pretended Mr Chohan had handed over control to him. How is success measured for an immigrant? The bodies of Amarjit Chohan, his wife and her mother, from west London, were washed up on the south coast in 2003. Oscar Cainer tells all. "He tried to take over the company with a fake power of attorney," one businessman said. "His firm was doing exceptionally well," the business contact said. Litvinenko had tea with Andrei Lugovoi and one other former agent, Dmitri Kovtun. Will Smith returns to the awards show on Wednesday in Beverly Hills, California. After the Chohans vanished Regan appeared at Ciba Freight's office, armed with a bogus power of attorney signed by Mr Chohan who, he claimed, had sold up and fled the country. Name of Mr Amerjit Chohan's first son,from First wife is Satinder Singh chohan. His wife's body was found in the same area that July and Mrs Kaur was found in November in a bay off the Isle of Wight. Only the answer to why Amarjit Chohan, his wife, two children and mother-in-law were ruthlessly murdered is clear - power and greed. What they hadn't counted on: Their address was left on the body. Author Luke Harding's talk on war in Ukraine in Winchester Cathedral, Mayor of Romsey's charity concert to feature poems and Sweet Caroline, Art exhibition in Farnham is all about the human body, 88-year-old Andover man left without heating 10 days, The Greyhound on the Test to welcome Michelin-star chef Phil Howard, The latest cases from Basingstoke and the surrounding areas, Alex Murdaugh jailed for life for double murder, Why the disgraced lawyer was spared death penalty, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, Xi Jinping's power grab - and why it matters, Snow, Fire and Lights: Photos of the Week. Phoney passports were once Regan's stock-in-trade. Although the letter was soaked with seawater, the ink remained legible because it had been folded over many times, always with the ink on the inside. In the funeral home, Catherines mother, Emer, hugged her dead daughters body. His mother-in-law's body was found that November in a bay off the Isle of Wight. It was the last time they spoke. The bodies of Amarjit Chohan, his wife and her mother, from west London, were washed up on the south coast in 2003. Furthermore, a urine sample revealed an unusually high level of gammahydroxybutyrate - a drug more commonly known as GHB, which can be used as a sedative.". Initially, Regan - a convicted drugs dealer - lured Mr Chohan to a meeting at Stonehenge. The family's bank accounts had not been touched for three weeks, and a trip to India confirmed that Mrs Kaur was not there. The judge told Regan: "As a result of your co-operation you will never again be trusted by your former colleagues, so you can't go back [to a life of crime] and the enmity of those people will make your future life precarious those who turn against former associates should receive a very great reduction in their sentence." "A young family, a new family, was entirely wiped out at the hands of these murderous men, in an attempt to line their own pockets," he said. Amarjit Chohan, a businessman, his wife Nancy, their two young sons, Devinder and Ravinder, together with Mrs Chohan's mother, Charanjit Kaur, "disappeared" in February 2003 and were later murdered. He was certainly known to have boarded a ferry for France. Supergrass at centre of ruthless drug smuggling scheme that claimed victims aged from eight weeks to 51 years, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. #MassMurder. ng sng . The language veers from a slightly detached journalistic tone to an overtly dramatic one. Regan's luck finally ran out in June 1998, when armed police pounced during a heroin smuggling deal in north London. Why Alex Murdaugh was spared the death penalty, Why Trudeau is facing calls for a public inquiry, The shocking legacy of the Dutch 'Hunger Winter', Why half of India's urban women stay at home. One particular teapot in the cafe answered the question as to whether it was poisoning and what caused it. Maybe what is missing is length and depth. The men are due to be sentenced on Tuesday. Murderer Kenneth Regan has taken to his prison cell the secret of how, when and where a business tycoon and three generations of his family met their deaths. But he was also, the Guardian can reveal, a supergrass, who would not have been free to kill the Chohans had he not been released from jail early because he provided vital evidence against his fellow gangsters. I told him to wait downstairs while I get them for him. HT Image Follow Us PTI. Already subscribed? Amarjit Chohan was an English resident and businessman. Amarjit Chohan was a man who had a perfect family. . The actor took the stage to accept the Beacon Award for his performance. This book covers thirteen women from Mumbais underworld, and ranges from the first-person account of Monica Bedi to the depiction of the power wielded by Jenabai Daruwali from Dongri who at one time managed to organise a meeting between the likes of Hajji Mastaan and Dawood Ibrahim. Regan and Horncy murdered Armajit Chohan, his 25-year-old wife Nancy, their two young sons - 18-month-old Devinder and two-month-old Ravinder - and Mrs Chohan's 51-year-old mother Charanjit Kaur in a bid to steal his freight business and use it as a front for importing drugs. Mr Horwell said: "Within days of Mr Chohan's disappearance, Regan had replaced the carpet and the furniture from the front room of his home address. The businessman, family man and erstwhile crook may have lived simply - but he also lived dangerously. Amarjit Chohan, 46, disappeared from his west London home along with his wife, mother-in-law and two young sons in February. The bodies of the boys have never been recovered. The letters apparently handed over Ciba to Regan, who had started work there in July 2002. He split up with his wife of more than 20 years and moved in with Nancy, who was 22. Nations, a registered sex offender. So far nothing has been found. She said that Catherine whispered Baba to her. Hayley loves to teach, but she also wants to travel the world, so she would like to travel and teach, and give presentations and consultations. Or is it indicated by how much they have managed to integrate and be accepted into their adopted countrys society? Start your 7-day free trial Learn more Add to Save List. Sensing a man following them, Liberty took a grainy image of a man walking towards them. You are reading an older article which was published on, Make a contribution to Independent Journalism. He drove an eight-year-old Ford Escort and lived close to the Heathrow flightpath in a run-down bungalow with peeling paint and a rotting front door. PG-13. Only the answer to why Amarjit Chohan, his wife, two children and mother-in-law were ruthlessly murdered is clear - power and greed. But crime scene experts said he might have purposefully tossed stuff around the room to make it look like a push-in robbery. "They intended to make substantial gains from their dreadful crimes.". "The circumstances of his going missing are really interesting - he was about to go on holiday with his wife, he took absolutely no clothing with him, has never been seen and his body has never been found.". Simon Ng was a blogger who wrote about self-improvement. They found the washing machine full of wet clothes, an overdue ticket for Mrs Kaur's return flight to India, and her prayer book, which she kept with her at all times. Did Regan send that letter? Police later found several incriminating documents on it, including a copy of a fake letter purporting to have been sent by Mr Chohan from Calais. How could the entire community not know about a family that was living amidst them? Barbara was found guilty after an investigation for not only the murder of Russ but also her first husband. He and William Horncy also supplied more than 1,000 passports over a 10-year period to drug traffickers and other criminal associates. He hadn't seen his sister, Nancy Chohan, for the past nine years. It is suspected that their bodies may have been dropped overboard from a small boat off the Dorset coast. Sprawling home where JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in 1996 is listed for sale for $7 MILLION by current Royal Mail increase price of first class stamp by 15p to 1.10 in record-breaking hike, Do not sell or share my personal information. In an attempt to hide any evidence, his killers dumped his body in the ocean. . Certainly, there is evidence that Mr Chohan was afraid of something and wanted out. Note: Didnt receive an email? They later recovered other fake documents, including a letter from Mr Chohan to his Ciba colleague, Mike Parr, saying he was heading to Bradford to avoid having to pay 3m. Moreover, public inquiries have come to the conclusion that Litvinenkos murder was probably approved by President Putin. Yesterday, after a two-year inquiry involving thousands of police officers and a 10m eight-month trial, three men, Kenneth Regan, William Horncy and Peter Rees, were convicted for their part in the murders. Neo-Khalistanis, Cow Vigilantes Challenge India's Security Establishment, Showcasing Women Who Fought Patriarchy To Help Other Women Over a Century Ago, Can India Become a Developed Economy and Catch Up with China? Mrs Kaur's body was too badly decomposed to provide any conclusive information. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' Amarjit Chohan was twenty-one years older than the pretty twenty-five-year-old Punjabi girl. It wasn't until the end of March, however, at Mr Verma's insistence, that police searched the family home in west London. A Chohan family friend, Suresh Grover, read out a statement on behalf of Mr Verma saying: "The last two years have been a living nightmare. While going through the crime scene, the authorities found a bloody footprint on the bedroom floor. A convicted drug dealer and his accomplices murdered three generations of a family to take over their business in a crime "beyond belief", a jury at the Old Bailey heard yesterday. I fear for the safety of my family.". Some people are after me and I have to escape. The Asian community in west London was shocked by the family's disappearance. There was no way he was going to live quiet. Three Scenarios, Multiple Unrelated Videos Viral as Attack on Migrant Labourers in Tamil Nadu, Joe Biden Must Fix New Senate Legislation on China, How Telanganas Age-Old Thirst Was Quenched. But when we grow up and see the realities of the world. Ironically the note was overlooked when the body was first examined. In 1996, he was part of a plan to smuggle 15 tonnes of cannabis, worth 40m, into the UK, in his custombuilt submarine, but had to abandon the scheme after one attempt. Directed by: Richard Bond. He used the premises as a front through which he laundered several million pounds of drugs money between 1996 and 1998. The case is still open.(source). "At some point the room had been redecorated. So when he was found dead in his bed with a gunshot wound, his wife, Barbara Stager, told the cops that the gun discharged accidentally. Officers established that Regan had supplied members of a big cocaine smuggling gang with passports. The wealthy businessman had been gagged, forced to record voice messages for his family and sign over his company before he was murdered, according to Mr Horwell. Sure enough, everything Remy said during her trance proved to be true. Regan was now in a position to move forward with the next part of his plan.". Is that where Mr Chohan met his death?". In April, as police closed in, Bill Horncy claimed to have received a threatening text message from someone who claimed to have seen them at a rendezvous in Newport, South Wales. Prior to his death, he was investigating corruption among senior Russian officials. He was murdered in 2003 along with his wife, children, and his mother-in-law. A piece of paper was found tucked into one of his socks. Little did his colleagues know, however, that Regan was the mastermind behind the murders and one of Britain's most terrifying criminals, willing to do anything to restore his once-lavish lifestyle. Or even more likely to be simply a case of an immigrant family feeling homesick and leaving unpleasant memories behind and returning home. The prime suspects motive is described thus: brutal as it sounds, getting rid of Chohan and his family was not the greatest of his problems But, if that was true, why was this man not treated with more suspicion at the beginning of the investigation? While I was searching them, he is already in the house. "The deliberate, premeditated slaughter of my innocent family is akin to me being given a life sentence - a life with no laughter, no happiness and no joy.". Amarjit Chohan was a British-Indian entrepreneur with a thriving cargo business, a dodgy tax record and possible past as a drug smuggler (khat, a mild intoxicant, popular in Africa). Mr Chohan's wife Nancy became increasingly concerned about her husband's disappearance. Mr Schallamach, 53, from Bitterne, Southampton, went missing in April 1992. Indeed, there is reason to believe that if Mr Chohan had not met certain people "at school" - in jail - he, his wife, mother-in-law and children would be alive today.