Court Jails Five For Life For Rape

Five men convicted of gang-raping a Danish tourist in the Indian capital in 2014 were Friday sentenced to life in jail, a prosecutor said, the maximum term possible.They were convicted on

Monday of assaulting the 52-year-old woman at knifepoint as she returned to her Delhi hotel, a crime that raised fresh fears about the safety of women in the city.“All the convicts have been sentenced to
life imprisonment. They will remain in prison for the remainder of their life,” public prosecutor Atul Shrivastava told reporters outside the Delhi court after the judgement.“We had sufficient evidence to prove the charges and the court was satisfied with our arguments to hand down life sentences. Shrivastava said the men were also given jail terms for more minor offences including robbery, which will run concurrently with the main sentence.Lawyer Dinesh Sharma, who defended all five, said he would appeal their convictions.
AFP