26 Nov 2008  |   12:00am IST

Kohli-gets-life-term-for-rape-murder-of-UK-girl

LONDON, NOV 25 Ending years of legal tussle and a prolonged manhunt across India, Maninderpal Singh Kohli was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here after convicting him of the rape-and-murder of 17-year-old British schoolgirl Hannah Foster in 2003. The 41-year-old former delivery driver for a sandwich firm will spend a minimum of 24 years behind bars before he could be considered for parole.

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