Shock after deaths of elderly couple on Coventry's 'millionaires' row'

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The couple were discovered by paramedics on Tuesday (June 29)



People have expressed their shock following the deaths of an elderly couple at a property on a road sometimes dubbed Coventry's 'millionaires' row'.

The couple were found dead in a property on Kenilworth Road. They were discovered by paramedics on Tuesday (June 29).

Detectives subsequently launched an investigation into their deaths.

The couple have since been named locally as Sewa and Sukhjit Badial.

West Midlands Police has not officially released names at this stage, but their identity has been revealed in social media posts and reports from other news outlets.

A police spokesman said the man who died was in his 80s and the woman was 73.

It has been reported that the couple ran the the long-established Badial department store on Soho Road in Handsworth, Birmingham.

It is described on its Facebook page as an Asian fashion house with "high quality fashion and bridal garments for ladies, gentlemen and children".

Yesterday a West Midlands Police spokesman said detectives were not currently looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.

Kenilworth Road is home to some of Coventry's most expensive homes.

It is characterised by large properties, the majority of them gated, surrounded by land and featuring long driveways into them.

CoventryLive spoke to people in neighbouring properties, some of whom expressed their shock at the couple's deaths.

A landscape gardener working at a neighbouring home, who has worked on the road for more than 30 years, said: "It is shocking whenever it happens - someone dying next door - for whatever reason."

Another man, who lives opposite with his son, said that police had come to speak to them following the couple's deaths.

He said people were shocked but added that neither he nor his son knew the couple who had died.

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Sewa Badial killed his wife with machete in murder-suicide at Coventry home



An 87-year-old man killed his wife at their home in Coventry before setting himself alight in their garden, an inquest has heard.

Sewa Singh Badial attacked his wife Sukhjit, 73, with a type of machete last June, causing extensive wounds to her head and face.

He left a note saying there had been a fight between them and he had hit her.

Coventry coroner Delroy Henry recorded that Mr Badial unlawfully killed his wife before taking his own life.

The couple ran the long-established Badial clothes store on Soho Road in Handsworth, Birmingham.

Mrs Badial's body was found in the living of their home on Kenilworth Road in the city on 29 June, the inquest in Coventry heard earlier this month.

She had suffered a number of chop wounds to her upper body and limbs which were described as "defensive actions to ward off a bladed implement".

A large billhook (a garden machete), was found by her body, along with a wrench, which was also used to hit her with, the inquest heard.

She died of head and facial injuries.

Mr Badial was seen on CCTV at the home to walk out of the house wearing blood stained clothes and pour petrol on himself before lighting it. He was found on a fire pit in the garden.

His cause of death was from the effects of fire, the coroner said.

A farewell note written by him was found on a chair in the living room stating there had been a fight between them. He admitted hitting Mrs Badial and that he would end his life for his family.

At the time of their deaths, the couple's family said they had been "overwhelmed by your messages of love and affection for our dear parents".

They said they were "keen supporters of good causes and committed members of the local Midlands community" and in India had also founded rural hospitals along with several schools and colleges for underprivileged girls.