Five accused plead not guilty to Delhi gang rape, murder
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Mock hangmen's nooses hang during a protest demanding the death penalty for six men accused of the fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013. Five men pleaded not guilty on Saturday, Feb 2, 2013, to charges they gang raped and murdered an Indian trainee physiotherapist, in a case that led to a shake-up of laws against sexual crimes after protests about a rising number of attacks on women. -- PHOTO: AP
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Five men accused of the savage gang-rape and murder of an Indian student pleaded not guilty on Saturday in a case that shocked the nation and sparked huge demonstrations, one of their lawyers said.
The 23-year-old physiotherapy student was brutally assaulted in mid-December on a New Delhi bus she had boarded with a male companion as they returned home from watching a film.
The trial of the five men on charges that include murder, gang-rape and kidnapping is being held in a fast-track court in Delhi set up to deliver speedy justice following public anger over the case.
A sixth suspect faces trial in a juvenile court.
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