INDIAN COURT GIVES POLICEMAN'S SON DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER

an Indian court sentenced the son of a former top policeman to death after convicting him for the 1996 rape and murder of a law student. Santosh Kumar Singh was sentenced seven years after he was initially acquitted of raping and murdering Priyadarshni Mattoo at her Delhi home.
Singh assaulted Mattoo before strangling her with a wire and then smashed in her face with a motorcycle helmet.
B.C. Wali, one of the lawyers representing the Mattoo family, said the turnaround of the case was a major victory.
"The important thing is that the verdict of (lower) trial court was overturned by the High Court. That is the victory for us," Wali said.
The High Court said the earlier acquittal was "perverse" and had "shocked the conscience of the judiciary."
Initial evidence in the case had pointed to Singh -- the son of a serving police officer -- who was seen knocking at the door of the house where Mattoo lived on the morning of the murder.
He had also reportedly became obsessed with Mattoo, stalking her for months before killing her.
But in December 1999, a trial court gave him the benefit of the doubt, citing inadequacies in the investigation.