Migrant denies hostess murder

An Indian migrant accused of stabbing a Chinese hostess to death after arranging to meet her at a London apartment has denied murder. Deepak Sandhu, 24, repeatedly knifed Xiaoqing Ke, 39, and left her in a pool of blood in her bedroom at a flat in Old Brompton Road, Earl’s Court last December, it is said. Sandhu, who arrived in the UK in September 2024 on a student visa, is said to have travelled from Southampton to meet Ms Ke…