A former medical student who was convicted of manslaughter for luring a man to his death has spoken publicly for the first time. Mundill Mahil, now 29, was 19 when she was charged with the murder of Gagandip Singh in 2012. She was acquitted of murder but found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent and sentenced to six years in prison.
Singh, 21, was beaten by two men in Mahil's Brighton bedroom before being burned to death in the boot of a Mercedes. The prosecution argued that Mahil lured Singh to her home as revenge for an alleged assault six months earlier. Mahil denies any knowledge of a plan to harm Singh, saying she hoped to resolve a disagreement with her former friend.
Mahil, who earned 10 A*s at GCSE and three As at A-level, had been a model student with aspirations of working for Médecins Sans Frontières. She met Singh through a mutual friend, Harinder Shoker, who was later convicted of murder. Mahil described Shoker as a 'gangsta' friend, a relationship she kept secret from her conservative Sikh family.
In an interview, Mahil expressed remorse for Singh's death, acknowledging that he would not have died had he not come to see her. She said she never felt she had the right to tell her story, fearing it would seem as if she didn't care about the victim. Singh's mother and sister have spoken of their ongoing grief, with his mother saying she thinks of dying 'two or three times a day'.
