Latvian Woman Rape And Murder Case: Kerala Court Awards Life Imprisonment To Both Accused

The 33-year-old Latvian tourist was found missing from Varkala on March 14, 2018, and her body was found on April 20, 2018

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Additional District Sessions Court in Thiruvananthapuram awarded life imprisonment to both the accused -- Umesh and Udayankumar -- in the rape and murder case of a Latvian woman. It was reported that the 33-year-old Latvian tourist was found missing from Varkala on March 14, 2018, and her body was found on April 20, 2018.

News agency ANI in a tweet said, "Thiruvananthapuram additional principal sessions court awards life imprisonment for both accused - Umesh and Udayankumar." The court also said that the accused should be imprisoned for their entire life.

Latvian tourist rape-murder | Thiruvananthapuram additional principal sessions court awards life imprisonment for both accused - Umesh and Udayakumar.

The 33-year-old Latvian tourist was found missing from Varkala on March 14, 2018 and her body was found on April 20, 2018.

— ANI (@ANI) December 6, 2022

Umesh and Udayankumar were declared as convicts on December 1 by the court. As reported earlier, the victim, her partner Andrew and sister Ilzie had arrived in Kerala for ayurvedic treatment at a facility in Thiruvananthapuram's outskirts when she went missing on March 14, 2018.

She was last seen hiring an auto-rickshaw to Kovalam. She was not carrying her passport or mobile phone with her when she went missing. The prosecution said, the woman with a history of clinical depression was reportedly invited for sharing white beedi, a local cigarette with marijuana.

The accused later allegedly drugged and raped the victim. They strangled her to reportedly make it appear like a suicide. The accused were reportedly functioning as unregistered guides. Both the accused, who are relatives, did not have a clean track record. They were school dropouts and had a history of violence, sexual assault and drug abuse.