murdering his wife in a bid to stop her
revealing his homosexuality.
Jasvir Ram Ginday, 29, from Walsall, attacked
Varkha Rani at their home with a metal pipe
from a vacuum cleaner.
He strangled her then burnt her body in a
garden incinerator, Wolverhampton Crown
Court heard.
Judge John Warner told the court Ginday had
struggled "being a gay man in a straight
world". He told him he would serve a
minimum of 21 years in prison.
The jury of seven women and five men took
about 17 hours to find Ginday guilty of
murder after a three-week trial. He will be
sentenced later on Friday.
Ginday, of Victory Lane, had flown to attend
his arranged wedding to Varkha, 24, from
India, at a lavish ceremony attended by up to
700 guests last year.
But he had told a friend he was attracted to
men as early as 2008, said prosecutor
Deborah Gould.
West Midlands Police said Ginday was
frequenting gay bars and having relationships
with men around the time of his engagement
to Varkha.
In August, six months after the ceremony,
Varkha arrived in the UK to join her husband
and live together in the matrimonial home.
But on September 12, university graduate and
IT specialist Ginday – who had been preparing
to take up a job with the Financial
Ombudsman Service in London – had a row
with his new wife.
During the trial, Ginday had alleged his wife
had threatened to "expose" him as
homosexual to family and friends, after
apparently discovering "compromising"
material on an iPad and iPhone.
He told the jury that his wife had come at him
in the bedroom, "thrashing", and he was
"trying to calm her down".
The pair ended up on the floor, at which point
he claimed he grabbed the metal pipe of a
vacuum cleaner which was lying nearby and
"in the spur of the moment" put it on her
neck.
Ginday said he then "panicked", dragged his
new bride to the patio incinerator and placed
her inside using a metal pole.
After the killing, the police said Ginday told
his relatives Varkha had left him. He went to
Walsall Police Station with his uncle and
reported her as missing.
Officers conducting inquiries in the area were
told people had seen smoke emanating from
the property.
They went into the garden of the home
Ginday shared with his parents and found the
metal incinerator. When they lifted the lid,
they saw a human skull.
Although he admitted manslaughter and
perverting the course of justice, he denied
planning to kill his wife.
Varkha's cousin Sunil Kumar said, "No words
can truly express the sadness and hurt my
family and I are experiencing at the loss of
Varkha. She was loved dearly by all. She had a
great passion for life and doted on her family.
"Varkha attained a masters degree and was
driven to make her life a success.
Unfortunately she fell prey to Ginday who had
ulterior motives which Varkha would not have
appreciated."
Det Ch Insp Sarbjit Johal said, "How Varkha
met her death still remains a mystery… but it
was clear to the pathologist she was dead
when she was put into the incinerator.
"Ginday got married as a matter of
convenience – he tricked a poor innocent girl
into marriage but was living a lie. When she
uncovered the truth he could not live with it
and killed her quickly then tried to dispose of
her body and her possessions by burning
them."
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