Leeds man jailed for more than three years for involvement in fake gun threat plot linked to divorce dispute

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A man who helped organise a staged gun threat in Leeds as part of a divorce revenge plot has been jailed.

CCTV captured the moment two masked men armed with what appeared to be long-barrelled firearms threatened Inderjeet Gosal at his home in Ash Hill, Shadwell on July 31, 2020.

Gosal acted shocked for the camera and later made a panicked 999 call reporting the incident. But telltale laughter on the footage awoke suspicion which led to police uncovering the plot.

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Sabu Singh has been jailed for his involvement in a fake gun threat plot.Sabu Singh has been jailed for his involvement in a fake gun threat plot.
Sabu Singh has been jailed for his involvement in a fake gun threat plot. | West Yorskshire Police

His wife Harpreet and sister Hardeep Sangha were at the address at the time, and gunmen had told him to "stay out of Jonny's business" and to "stay out of your sister's case". Gosal told officers he believed the threat was linked to an ongoing divorce case involving his sister's ex-husband Harpal Sangha, also known as Jonny or Jon.

Harpal Sangha was arrested the next day on suspicion of witness intimidation. He was released on bail 15 hours later and was eventually eliminated from the investigation.

Gosal gave the detectives CCTV footage, and when it was reviewed their suspicions were raised when they heard laughing after he and his wife returned to the living room.

They also found that Harpal Sangha had been the victim of a firearm-related set-up in April 2017 when police learned that he had a sawn-off shotgun hidden in the garden of his Huddersfield home.

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The gun was found at the property, and he was arrested on suspicion of firearms offences.

DNA found inside the shotgun linked it to Sabu Singh, who was Hardeep Sangha's boyfriend, and Singh was subsequently charged with possession of a firearm without a certificate and preventing the course of justice in relation to planting the gun.

In November 2018, he was sentenced to three years in jail, with Hardeep Sangha receiving a two-year suspended sentence for her part in the plot.

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Police later successfully identified the two men who had called at Gosals' home in Shadwell as Kane Allen and Matias Jozio, who were aged 16 and 17 at the time, and uncovered evidence linking the six to the conspiracy.

Telephone evidence proved Allen had been in contact with Singh on the day of the incident and Singh in contact with his partner Hardeep Sangha and the Gosals. Singh was revealed to be the main orchestrator of the plot to incriminate Harpal Sangha.

Between the initial incident and mid-September that year, police received several reports of threatening phone calls made to the Gosals and Hardeep Sangha. Further investigation revealed contact between those involved in the plot around the time of the calls, suggesting the calls had also been arranged as part of the conspiracy against Harpal Sangha.

On September 2, 2020, five masked men entered Harpal Sangha’s parents’ convenience store in Huddersfield, which he lived above. One shouted “tell Jonny to pay” before the group caused £2,000 worth of damage to the store. This happened the day before a court hearing in relation to the divorce.

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Jozio was identified as one of the men at the scene and investigations also linked Kane and showed Sabu Singh involving in arranging the attack.

On September 28, 2020, officers arrested the Gosals at their home in Shadwell and Hardeep Sangha at her home in Holmfirth, where Singh was found in the attic bedroom.

Their homes were searched, and mobile phones were recovered linking them to the calls made around the incidents.

An audio recording recovered from Inderjeet Gosal’s phone also revealed those involved meeting in Oakwood on August 9 to discuss their plans.

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All six involved were charged with offences of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, with Singh, Allen and Jozio also charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage in relation to the attack on the shop in Huddersfield, and everyone but Singh was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court in August this year.

Today (December 19), Singh, aged 49, of Sandhill Lane, Moortown, was sentenced to a total of three years and seven months at Leeds Crown Court.

Detective Chief Inspector Michael Herbert, who led the Leeds District CID investigation, said: “The criminal use of firearms is something the police will always treat extremely seriously, and a report of a man being threatened at gunpoint on the doorstep of his family home was a real cause for concern that attracted a significant police response and investigation.

“Those involved clearly underestimated the level of focus that we apply to a serious incident such as this.

“We hope the successful outcome of this case will serve as a clear reminder to people who think they can make false reports to police to target their enemies without the truth being uncovered.”

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