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Courts across the county have given out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes last month. These are just some of the court cases our reporters covered last month. Here are the criminals and their crimes: Aston Hannis, Charlie Statham, Paul White and Corin Barlow Aston Hannis, Charlie Statham, Paul White and Corin Barlow FRIENDS who lured a drugs supplier to a rural layby and then shot him at point-blank range were jailed for a total of 95 years. Gurinderjit Rai, 41, was shot in the head and neck by sawn-off Beretta 12-bore shotgun in Shepherds Farm Lane, Corhampton, on Jul...

Following the burglary Hannis, of Leah Gardens, Eastleigh, had a large outstanding debt to Mr Rai, also known as G, who supplied him with the drugs. On the night of the murder, Hannis and arranged to meet Mr Rai, who was originally from Eastleigh but was more recently based in Cheshire, in Shepherds Farm Lane, Corhampton. Mr Rai thought that the meeting was to collect money, but it was there that Hannis and friend Charlie Statham, of Crescent Close, Oliver's Battery, "carried out the execution". The shots were fire from a Mercedes A-class saloon car containing Hannis and Statham. The ...

TWO men have been guilty of the “planned assassination” of a drugs supplier who met his death in a remote layby.

The trial into the murder of drugs supplier Gurinderjit Rai is taking place at Winchester Crown Court THE jury in the trial of five men accused of being involved in the murder of a drugs supplier has asked for a majority verdict. The panel at Winchester Crown Court had been deliberating for close to three and half days when they asked Mrs Justice Cutts for her assistance this afternoon (Thursday). Gurinderjit Rai, 30, was murdered in Shepherds Farm Lane, Corhampton, on July 12, 2019. Mr Rai was found the following day with two gunshot wounds. Aston Hannis, 30, of Leah Gardens, Eastle...

The friends allege that they had made plans to go to Hodan’s on the night of Mr Rai’s murder to watch Amir Khan’s comeback fight, but the defendant said that White did not arrive until around 11.30pm, and Hannis and Statham around five minutes later, presuming that they had smoked a cigarette outside. Before they arrived Hodan text Hannis: “Don’t leave it too late though people start snooping” and explaining why he said that: “It was more of a message to say, don’t turn up too late as it p****s my neighbours off. It was more of a message to say that if you’re coming roun...