EDMONTON - Nearly three years after killing his wife while delusional and convinced she was having an affair, a former RCMP officer still believes he was right, court heard Thursday.
Tirth Singh Sehmbi repeatedly shot his 29-year-old wife Rajpinder in the early morning of July 10, 2010, in the family room of their southeast Edmonton home. Sehmbi, 38, was a member of the Stony Plain RCMPs canine unit when he killed his wife. He was an officer for eight years, but is no longer with the RCMP.
For months leading up to the killing, Sehmbi was consumed by the delusion that his wife cheated on him. He placed surveillance inside their family home, hid an autistic neighbour inside a closet to spy on his wife and hired a private investigator to watch the house. When nothing proved his suspicions, Sehmbi became convinced the mystery man lived in the family home in a secret compartment he couldnt find.
Though the man obviously never existed, testified forensic psychologist Robert Faltin, Sehmbi still hasnt realized that fact.
He still thinks hes right, that this invisible man was there, Faltin said. I dont think Mr. Sehmbi is coming back from this. Well see in time. It must have been hell for his wife.
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