Karpal Kaur Sandhu

Died

4 November 1973

Age

Rank

Woman Police Constable

Force

Metropolitan Police

Cause

Homicide - Stabbed

Duty Status

On Duty

Circumstances

Having finished duty she was attacked. Recalling herself to duty to her attacker she was fatally injured.

Fatally stabbed in the neck after recalling herself to duty to confront her assailant when she was attacked outside her home in Chelmsford Road, Walthamstow, as she returned from duty.