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Sephy moves HC for suspending sentence Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Sister Sephy, one of the two convicts in the Sister Abhaya murder case on Thursday filed a petition in the Kerala High court seeking to suspend the sentence awarded to her and release her on bail. Her appeal against the Thiruvananthapuram CBI Special Court verdict is pending before the High Court. In her petition, she said that she had been on bail during investigation and trial periods. She was serving life imprisonment since December 22, 2020. In fact, her aged parents were bedridden. They required the presence of th...

Sister Sephy moves HC against verdict Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Sister Sephy, one of the two convicts in the Sister Abhaya murder case, on Wednesday filed an appeal in the Kerala High Court against the Thiruvananthapuram CBI Special Court verdict finding her guilty and awarding life term to her in the case. In her appeal filed through senior lawyer P. Vijayabhanu, she contended that there was no evidence to show that Father Thomas Kottoor, another convict and Sister Sephy, third accused, had met each other on the night of March 26, 1992. There was nothing on record to show that the ...

This nun was killed by priest and sister she caught engage in a sex act. Nearly 3 decades later, justice is served CNN 1/24/2021 © Photo Illustration/ Handout, Getty The dead nun's slippers were scattered on the convent kitchen floor -- one near the entrance, the other by the fridge. Her white veil was found snagged on the door. An open bottle of water was leaking onto the tiles. In the corner of the room was an ax. Officers discovered the crime scene, described in court documents seen by CNN, at St. Pius X Convent Hostel in southern India on March 27, 1992. Later that day, they found ...

Father Thomas Kottoor, currently in jail, alleged that the order of the conviction and sentence passed by the Special CBI Court was 'absolutely improper and incorrect'

Representative Image ANI | Updated: Jan 19, 2021 23:49 IST Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 19 (ANI): The Kerala High Court has agreed to hear the appeal moved by Father Thomas Kottoor challenging the trial court verdict convicting him for the murder of Sister Abhaya. A Division Bench of Justices K Vinod Chandran and MR Anitha admitted Father Kottoor's appeal. In his appeal, Father Kottoor has submitted that "the trial court's judgment is based on unconnected story circumstances culled out from unreliable solitary witnesses. The trial and conviction of the...