Paedophile case: Two British nationals arrested
News Updates! Two British nationals, convicted on charges of sexual abuse of minor boys living in shelters run by them in Mumbai, were arrested on Monday, three days after the Supreme Court overturned their acquittal by the Bombay High Court.
Duncan Grant, 67, and Allan Waters, 63, were arrested from Mahatma Phule Nagar slum in Cuff Parade of South Mumbai, senior Inspector at Colaba police station Vinod Sawant said.
The duo, accused of sexually abusing minor boys living in shelters run by them, would be produced before a sessions court, he said.
Besides ordering the duo to serve their remaining jail terms, the Supreme Court had on Friday also directed recovery of damages and fines imposed on them by a sessions court on March 18, 2006.
The trial court had ordered the Britishers to pay a compensation of 20,000 UK pounds each while also imposing a fine of Rs 15,000 on William D'souza, the Indian manager at the shelters-for-homeless run by the convicts at three places in Mumbai.
Waters and Grant were sentenced to six years each. While Waters has undergone five years imprisonment, Grant has served three years and two months. D'Souza has served a month longer in jail than the term of three years imposed upon him.
The apex court had last Friday restored the conviction on appeals by civil soci [...]
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Duncan Grant, 67, and Allan Waters, 63, were arrested from Mahatma Phule Nagar slum in Cuff Parade of South Mumbai, senior Inspector at Colaba police station Vinod Sawant said.
The duo, accused of sexually abusing minor boys living in shelters run by them, would be produced before a sessions court, he said.
Besides ordering the duo to serve their remaining jail terms, the Supreme Court had on Friday also directed recovery of damages and fines imposed on them by a sessions court on March 18, 2006.
The trial court had ordered the Britishers to pay a compensation of 20,000 UK pounds each while also imposing a fine of Rs 15,000 on William D'souza, the Indian manager at the shelters-for-homeless run by the convicts at three places in Mumbai.
Waters and Grant were sentenced to six years each. While Waters has undergone five years imprisonment, Grant has served three years and two months. D'Souza has served a month longer in jail than the term of three years imposed upon him.
The apex court had last Friday restored the conviction on appeals by civil soci [...]
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