A man who murdered his girlfriend when he punched, kicked and stamped on her in a “merciless” attack before going to sleep and leaving her to die has been jailed for life.
Raj Sidpara, 50, was found guilty of murdering Tarnjeet Riaz at his home in Leicester, in the early hours of 6 May, after initially telling police she had fallen over drunk.
Leicester Crown Court heard Sidpara had an “established pattern of violence”, with a number of convictions for attacking previous partners.
On Friday, he was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years and 162 days.
The court heard Ms Riaz – also known by her maiden name Chagger – was left with “two enormous black eyes”, bleeding on the brain and 20 rib fractures, among other injuries.
Sidpara continued his attack some time after 01:50 while she was on the floor of his bedroom, lying face up and “defenceless”.
Addressing Sidpara, Judge William Harbage said: “You then took your bloodied shoes off, went to bed and then slept until morning.”
By then, Ms Riaz was dead.
