Harjot Hundal Singh was arrested at the airport as he was trying to flee the country after raping a 19-year-old university student. –File Photo
MELBOURNE: An Indian man who raped a university student in Australia then tried to flee the
country has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Victorian County Court Judge Marilyn Harbison ruled Wednesday that Harjot Hundal Singh must serve at least nine years before being eligible for parole.
The 27-year-old accosted the 19-year-old woman while she walked home from a train station in June 2009. He dragged her into his van, tied her hands and raped her, the court was told.
Singh was arrested at the airport a few days later with a one-way ticket to Dubai and a connecting flight to India.
He is expected to be deported at the end of his sentence.
country has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Victorian County Court Judge Marilyn Harbison ruled Wednesday that Harjot Hundal Singh must serve at least nine years before being eligible for parole.
The 27-year-old accosted the 19-year-old woman while she walked home from a train station in June 2009. He dragged her into his van, tied her hands and raped her, the court was told.
Singh was arrested at the airport a few days later with a one-way ticket to Dubai and a connecting flight to India.
He is expected to be deported at the end of his sentence.
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