India court jails five for life

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

The 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.

Shrivastava said the men were also given jail terms for more minor offences including robbery, which will run concurrently with the main sentence.

The victim in this case had approached a group of men for directions as she returned to an area popular with backpackers in January 2014.