LIVE! Delhi gang rape: They murdered a helpless victim, says judge
September 10, 2013 13:55
Pronouncing the four men guilty of raping and murder the 23-year-old physiotherapy trainee on December 16, 2012, the judge today said they had murdered a "helpless victim".
"I convict all of the accused. They have been found guilty of gang rape, unnatural offences, destruction of evidence and for committing the murder of the helpless victim," said the judge to a crowded courtroom, as a larger crowd of national and international media waited outside the fast track court in Saket, south Delhi.
The judge also praised the police for their swift and thorough probe. "The police should do similar work in other cases as well," he said.
The men will be sentenced tomorrow. -- NDTV.
The defence lawyers will argue for mitigating circumstances to demand lesser sentence for the convicts, but the aggravating circumstances are likely to be more than mitigating circumstances.
"I convict all of the accused. They have been found guilty of gang rape, unnatural offences, destruction of evidence and for committing the murder of the helpless victim," said the judge to a crowded courtroom, as a larger crowd of national and international media waited outside the fast track court in Saket, south Delhi.
The judge also praised the police for their swift and thorough probe. "The police should do similar work in other cases as well," he said.
The men will be sentenced tomorrow. -- NDTV.
The defence lawyers will argue for mitigating circumstances to demand lesser sentence for the convicts, but the aggravating circumstances are likely to be more than mitigating circumstances.
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