An Indian court has handed a life sentence to a 26-year-old Kenyan student for rape.
Eric Mulinge Nethuli was found guilty of raping a 22-year-old Kenyan woman back in 2016.
The court said the victim, who was a student at the same college, had invited Mulinge for dinner and he used the opportunity to rape her.
Mulinge was a master’s student in business administration at a private college in India in 2016.
The woman reported the case at All Women Police Station.
The court sentenced Mulinge to six-and-half years of imprisonment under sections 342,352, 506 part 1 (India’s law) and Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Women Harassment Act and life imprisonment under Section 376 - all to be served concurrently.
Mulinge has been locked up in Puzhal prison, where he will serve his term.
