The young children of an alleged murder victim have returned home for the first time since her death, only to discover the house has been ransacked by heartless thieves.
Kesar Sardar, 13, and her older brother (who has not been named) have spoken for the first time about their grief since their mother, Amarjit Sardar, was taken from them in an alleged domestic violence murder.
Police allege the children’s father Yadwinder Singh, 44, murdered his wife at their Woodhill farm in February before running her over with a stick cutter to make it look like an accident.
He has been charged with murder and interfering with her corpse, and is in custody awaiting trial.
Kesar said she couldn’t believe what had happened.
Kesar Sardar (pictured), 13, and her older brother have spoken about their grief for the first time since their mother, Amarjit Sardar, was taken from them in an alleged domestic violence murder.
“I just couldn’t believe it was real, I just hoped it was all a dream and that I would wake up,” she said. A current issue on Wednesday.
Singh is said to have called emergency services to report his wife’s death.
In the wake of the tragedy, Detective Inspector Chris Knight said Singh’s phone and that triple-0 call were crucial to the investigation.
Their two children flew to Sydney after their mother’s funeral with just a few belongings in a suitcase and moved in with their aunt, Simranjit Sardar, who is now their guardian.
Kesar is extremely grateful that Simranjit took them in.
“My aunt managed to take care of two additional children, me and my brother,” she told the program.
‘Supporting us, making sure we’re doing well and taking care of themselves at the same time.’
Three months after their mother’s death, they returned to collect more belongings.
After a ten-hour drive, they made the heartbreaking discovery that almost everything from their parental home had been stolen.
“It was heartbreaking, I couldn’t bear it,” Simranjit said.
“They checked every drawer… every corner of this room.”
Police will allege that Singh killed his wife before interfering with her corpse to make the death look like an accident
About $200,000 worth of property was missing, including a tractor, trailer, washing machine, a car and all children’s clothing and sentimental items.
“They probably didn’t care what happened to us,” Kesar said.
Her brother said: ‘I felt a little sorry for whoever stole it, that he had to break into such a sad place.’
Queensland Police have charged a 30-year-old man from Flagstone with two counts of entering a premises, committing an indictable offense and trespassing.
Under the program, police will allege looters targeted the property after detectives completed their investigation and collected evidence at the scene.
“Everything that was special to me just disappeared,” Kesar said.
‘[The looters] They probably didn’t even care what happened to us, they just thought, ‘Oh [a] chance to make some money.’
‘I felt terrible. Like all the things I held so close, they are all gone now.
‘What should I do?’
A dryer, air fryer, printer, drill set and angle grinder were also missing.
After a 10-hour drive, Simranjit (photo left) the Sardar children discovered that their family home had been looted
So far, police have been unable to recover most of their belongings.
Simranjit, who has three children of her own, said she will do whatever she can to support her niece and nephew as they rebuild their lives.
“I’m going to support the kids as much as I can and any help is a big help to us right now… groceries, gas, anything that can help raise these kids,” she said.
A GoFundMe page has also been set up to help them in the short term and pursue their dreams of becoming a pilot and flight attendant in the future.
“I want to do something where I can also stay close to my brother, because when he was younger he always wanted to be a pilot,” Kesar said.
‘So when I was younger, I dreamed that I wanted to be a flight attendant too.
“So maybe one day we can work on the same plane.”