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| India Mumbai gang rape: Four convicted | |
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| A court in the Indian city of Mumbai has convicted four men of the gang rape of a photojournalist last year. | A court in the Indian city of Mumbai has convicted four men of the gang rape of a photojournalist last year. |
| The men have been found guilty of five offences, including gang rape, unnatural sex and destruction of evidence. Sentencing is set for Friday. | The men have been found guilty of five offences, including gang rape, unnatural sex and destruction of evidence. Sentencing is set for Friday. |
| The 22-year-old woman was attacked by five men while on assignment in a deserted mill in August. | The 22-year-old woman was attacked by five men while on assignment in a deserted mill in August. |
| The fifth accused, believed to be under 18 at the time of the incident, is being tried in a juvenile court. | The fifth accused, believed to be under 18 at the time of the incident, is being tried in a juvenile court. |
| Maharashtra state Home Minister RR Patil, who was in court for Thursday's verdict, said justice had been done. | |
| "The verdict will send a message to the other offenders. It will be a deterrent," Mr Patil said. | |
| An intern with a Mumbai-based English magazine, the victim had gone to the Shakti Mills - a former textile mill that now lies abandoned and in ruins - with a male colleague on a photo assignment when she was attacked. | |
| Her colleague was beaten during the assault. | |
| The case renewed public outrage over sexual violence in India. | |
| There were nationwide protests in December 2012 after the gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus in the capital, Delhi. She later died from her injuries. | |
| Four men have been sentenced to death over the incident. A fifth accused, a juvenile, was sent to a correction facility for three years. |