 |
| Gurbakhsh & Guljeet |
The husband, wife, son and daughter-in-law are said to have made the claim when they arrived at Heathrow Airport in December, 2023, having already twice failed to obtain visas as declared Indian citizens.
They all appeared at Croydon Crown Court and two of them were assisted by a Punjabi interpreter.
They are: Gurbakhsh Singh, 72, wife Ardet Kaur, 68, son Guljeet Singh, 44, and his wife Kawaljeet Kaur, 37.
The seven-day trial has been scheduled for February 2, next year.
Today, three members of the family - all except Kawaljeet Kaur - denied the two charges against each of them.
They all pleaded not guilty to a charge of arriving in the UK without entry clearance on December 23, 2023.
They also all pleaded not guilty to a charge of entering the UK without a passport on the same date, failing at a leave to remain/asylum interview to be in possession of an immigration document to establish their identity, nationality and citizenship.
Kawaljeet Kaur had already denied these same charges at the previous hearing.
 |
| Kawaljeet & Ardet |
The family were each further granted unconditional bail to return for the trial next year.
It is alleged they had all previously declared themselves to be Indian nationals and provided documentary evidence in two failed visa applications three months earlier.
The entire family, plus two children who arrived with them, were initially housed at Wembley’s Holiday Inn, but now all reside together in Savoy Close, Hemel Hempstead.
They have complained that press reporting of the case has resulted in them being recognised and stopped in the street and led to a TikTok video.
Their lawyers also claim any jury could potentially be prejudiced due to the nature of the publicity, but today an application to prevent reporting of the case was dismissed by Judge Antony Dunne.
No comments:
Post a Comment