August 12, 2008 12:38am
New Delhi: AN Indian court has sentenced two taxi drivers to death for raping and
murdering an Australian tourist in the nation’s capital four years ago.
Emelie Griggs, 59, had arrived in New Delhi on March 17, 2004, to enrol in a
meditation course, but was raped and killed by a taxi driver and his
associate shortly after she checked out of the Indira Gandhi International Airport and took a taxi,police said.
The next day, her body, which had multiple injuries, was found in a deserted
field and police later arrested the taxi drivers on charges of rape
and murder.
Both men were sentenced to death by a lower court, court officials and a New
Delhi Police spokesman said.
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