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Catholic priest, nun sentenced to life in Sister Abhaya murder case; duo to serve seven years for evidence tampering The court, on Tuesday, had found the two guilty of the murder of Sister Abhaya, who was found dead in a well in St Pius Convent in Kottayam in Kerala in 1992 According to the charge sheet, on the night of 27 March, 1992, Sister Abhaya (in picture) had allegedly saw Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy in a compromising position, following which the accused hacked her with an axe and threw her into the well. Image...

Toggle navigation Visual from the hospital where both accused persons were taken for medical checkup before shifting to jail. (Photo/ANI) Kerala: Priest, nun found guilty in 28-year-old Sister Abhaya case ANI | Updated: Dec 23, 2020 08:31 IST Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 23 (ANI): After 28 years the special CBI court here on Tuesday pronounced the verdict in Sister Abhaya case that both accused Fr. Thomas Kottoor and Sr. Sephy are guilty. After the verdict, the nun broke down, while the priest on his way to jail shouted from the pol...

Behind Abhaya murder verdict: Thief’s statement, kitchen disruption, forensic report The location of the murder is significant – a convent, from which male presence is completely and unequivocally banned. Updated: December 24, 2020 7:59:27 am Father Thomas Kottoor, main accused in Abhaya murder case, being brought out of the CBI court premises after his sentencing on Wednesday. (PTI Photo) To arrive at the conclusion that Fr Thomas Kottoor and nun Sephy had murdered sister Abhaya in 1992, the CBI court has mainly banked on disturbance in the hostel ki...

Sister Abhaya murder case: Thomas Kottoor, Sephy awarded life imprisonment ANI | Updated: Dec 23, 2020 14:15 IST Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 23 (ANI): After finding Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy guilty for Sister Abhaya's murder, a CBI special court on Wednesday pronounced the quantum of punishment in the controversial murder case and sentenced them to life imprisonment. Kottoor and Sephy were charged under Section 302 (murder) and Section 201 (destruction of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Along with the sentence, Ko...

Follow us on FROM TOI PRINT EDITION Justice at last: The Abhaya murder probe was botched and then salvaged. It’s a story we’ve heard too often December 23, 2020, 9:32 PM IST Times of India’s Edit Page team comprises senior journalists with wide-ranging interests who debate and opine on the news and issues of the day. The life sentences awarded to Fr Thomas Kottoor and Sr Sephy in the Sr Abhaya murder case that had stirred much outrage in Kerala, is a rare victory in a high profile case for CBI. Kottoor, a ranking priest in the tiny but influenti...