Thug told man he would ‘shoot him like Gerbil’
A THUG told a man he would ‘shoot him like Gerbil’ during a chilling phone call.
Jagjeet Sidhu made the threat towards his ex-wife Deeraj Sidhu’s uncle Bobby Singh last November.
The 27-year-old boasted he would kill Bobby Singh in a similar manner to the killer of Glasgow gangster Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll, inset, who was shot dead in an Asda car park in Glasgow in January 2010.
Sidhu further claimed he would ‘bring hell’ to Bobby Singh and take his kidney.
He also threatened to kill
Deeraj’s father and sent him a chilling picture of a gun and bullets.
Sidhu pleaded guilty on Friday at Glasgow Sheriff Court to acting in a threatening or abusive manner and the unlawful possession of a knife.
He also admitted breaching bail conditions and perverting the course of justice.
The court heard Sidhu and Deeraj ended their two-year relationship last September.
There was animosity between the dad-of-one and Deeraj’s family following the split.
Sidhu repeatedly harassed Deeraj and her family through abusive calls and messages on social media last October and November.
Prosecutor Lauren Staunton said: “The accused stated he wanted to meet Deeraj’s dad and stated he would be dead.
“Bobby Singh contacted the accused via telephone after hearing about the threatening calls.
“During the conversation the accused threatened that he was going to shoot him like
Gerbil which is understood to be a reference to a high-profile murder.”
He later asked Deeraj’s father to meet him at Glasgow’s Science Centre followed by a picture message of a firearm and ammunition. Later that day he contacted Deeraj’s mother to say he was going to take her brother’s kidney and she would be attending his funeral the next day.
Sidhu was later found armed with a knife by police on primary schools. Temporary pedestrian areas are in place in the morning and afternoon when pupils arrive and leave school. Anyone driving in the zone is at risk of enforcement action and a £50 fine. The zones were introduced under temporary traffic regulation orders (TROs) and Green Party councillor Martha Wardrop asked whether they would be made permanent. Councillor Richardson said an update to councillors on car-free zones had been “a casualty of the pandemic”.
“The pilots are being evaluated, the interim results are positive,” she added. They have been a success in many ways and I’m very keen we do everything we can to learn from those.
“There may need to be some changes made to the schemes before we go into a permanent TRO.” Labour councillor Jim Kavan
Drumbreck Road close to Bobby Singh’s home.
An enraged Sidhu shouted: “I’d f***ing kill him mate, I swear, I’ll f***ing kill that Bobby Singh. I’ll f***ing shoot that motherf ***** , lucky I didn’t have my gun.”
He continued to make similar threats while in custody.
Lawyer Ron Mackenna, defending, told the court an ‘extremely embarrassed’ Sidhu ‘lost control’ and was dealing with a drug problem at the time.
Sentence was deferred until next month for background reports and Sidhu had his remand continued meantime. agh said: “Unfortunately, within my ward, Our Lady of the Rosary school has been a complete failure in every sense. Surely before we roll out to further schools, we make sure we get this totally right.”
Councillor Richardson said funding is “available from the Scottish Government to enable us to make changes quickly on the ground”.
“The six pilots are still under temporary orders. We are continuing to evaluate them and the remarks that the member makes should be captured in that evaluation. The Spaces for People ones are again under temporary orders and, if we see that things are not as we would like, they can also be amended very easily.”
Spaces for People, a Transport Scotland-funded scheme, has allowed measures to enable physical distancing, including widening footpaths and creating cycling routes, to be rolled out across Glasgow.