By Press Association 2021
Aston Hannis court case
Two men have been jailed for life for the “assassination” of a drugs supplier who was shot dead in a rural lay-by.
The body of Gurinderjit Rai was found in a Ford Fiesta in the countryside lane in Corhampton, Hampshire, by two horse riders on July 13, 2019.
Dealer Aston Hannis, 30, of Eastleigh, was found guilty at Winchester Crown Court of the murder of the 41-year-old – who was originally from Eastleigh but was more recently based in Cheshire.
Aston Hannis has been jailed for life (Hampshire Constabulary/PA)
He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years.
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image captionGurinderjit Rai was known as G in the criminal world, Winchester Crown Court was told
Two men have been jailed over the well-planned execution of a drugs supplier in a dispute over a large debt and the theft of cocaine and cannabis.
Gurinderjit Rai, 41, was shot dead in a parked car in a rural lay-by at Corhampton, Hampshire, in July 2019.
Aston Hannis and Charlie Statham, both 30, were sentenced to life with minimum terms of 35 and 28 years respectively after being convicted of murder.
A judge said she was quite sure it was Hannis who pulled the trigger.
Aston Hannis, Charlie Statham, Paul White and Corin Barlow FOUR men will be sentenced today for their part in the killing of a drugs supplier in a rural layby. Gurinderjit Rai, 41, was shot in the head and neck by sawn-off Beretta 12-bore shotgun in Shepherds Farm Lane, Corhampton, on July 12, 2019. He was found the following day by two horseriders. Aston Hannis, 30, Charlie Statham, 30, were found guilty of Mr Rai’s murder following an eight-week trial at Winchester Crown Court. Paul White, 27, and Corin Barlow, 41, were convicted of manslaughter. Today the men will appear at the same court where they will be jailed for their roles in the “planned assassination”.