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		</div><p>Five men who raped a Danish tourist when she asked for directions in New Delhi have been sentenced to life in prison for the attack that highlighted the plague of sexual violence in India.</p>
<p>Judge Ramesh Kumar announced the court&#8217;s verdict in the presence of all the convicts in the courtroom. They can appeal.</p>
<p>Police said the 51-year-old woman approached the five men, all homeless, to ask for directions to her hotel near Connaught Place, a popular shopping area in the capital.</p>
<p>They took her to a secluded spot and raped her repeatedly at knifepoint.</p>
<p>Violence against women in India has caused increasing alarm since the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old Indian physiotherapy student in New Delhi in 2012.</p>
<p>The judge said the convicts, aged 23 to 30, were guilty of gang rape, kidnapping, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation.</p>
<p>Dinesh Sharma, the lawyer for the defendants, had sought leniency, saying the convicts came from poor backgrounds.</p>
<p>Police said nine attackers took the victim to a secluded spot, robbed her and raped her repeatedly at knifepoint. One of the convicts was found with the victim&#8217;s glasses case and 1,000 rupees (€13.18) in cash.</p>
<p>One of the accused men died during trial in February.</p>
<p>Three who were younger than 18 at the time of the attack were handed to the Juvenile Justice Board to remain in custody until they are 18 and reformed.</p>
<p>Public fury over the 2012 rape case led to more stringent laws that doubled prison terms for rape to 20 years and criminalised voyeurism and stalking.</p>
<p>But many women say daily indignities and abuse continue and the new laws have not made the streets safer.</p>
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