The men had broken the legs and an arm of a construction worker after beating him with metal poles
This is the moment police smashed their way into a BMW to arrest four men from London after a man was badly beaten by a gang. On September 12 last year, a construction worker was beaten with metal poles, leaving him with two broken legs, a broken arm and needing surgery.
The attackers fled in a white BMW car, which was stopped by armed officers three days later as it travelled into Wolverhampton from London. In video footage released by the police, multiple officers can be seen smashing the windows of a BMW, and ordering the men inside to leave the vehicle where they are subsequently handcuffed.
They found swords and a loaded handgun in the car. Officers shouted: “Get out of the car now!” before using batons to smash through the driver and passenger seat window.
The driver steps out of the vehicle, but the man in the passenger seat is dragged out of the car onto the roadside. Bodycam footage then shows an officer discovering a gun in the footwell of the passenger seat.
The handgun was loaded with 11 rounds, and police found more weapons in the back of the car, including swords. The men can be seen lying on the ground by the side of the road with their hands cuffed behind their back.
Gurwinder Singh, 25, of Ealing, London, admitted possession of a firearm, ammunition and five swords, and was jailed for five years and 11 months at Wolverhampton Crown Court on July 9.
Harpandeep Singh, 23, of Hackney, London, was jailed for seven years after being found guilty of the firearm and ammunition charges, and admitting possession of the swords.
Harshehajdeep Singh, 21, of Ealing, London, was jailed six years and eight months after being found guilty of possession of the firearm, ammunition, swords.
Zorawar Singh, aged 31, of no fixed address, was jailed for six years and two months after admitting admitted possession of a firearm, ammunition and five swords
DC Kyle Bowering, from the Major Crime Unit, said: “This investigation has led to the recovery of a loaded gun, as well as swords, which would no doubt have gone on to be used in crime to harm and threaten others.
“These weapons have now been taken off the streets, and those caught with them have been put behind bars for a number of years.”
