NEW DELHI (AP) A court sentenced two married dentists to life in prison Tuesday for killing their 14-year-old daughter and their housekeeper in a case that has dominated headlines and polarized Indians.
Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, from the New Delhi suburb of Noida, had reportedly broken down in tears when they were convicted Monday and vowed to appeal the verdict.
Defense lawyer Rebecca John said after Tuesday's sentencing that the case against the Talwars, based largely on circumstantial evidence, amounted to a "witch hunt" and said "there has been a serious miscarriage of justice in this case."
The couple came under suspicion soon after their daughter, Aarushi, was found dead in her bedroom in May 2008, her throat slit with surgical precision.
Police initially named the Talwars' missing Nepali housekeeper as the prime suspect, until his lifeless body was found a day later on a terrace above Aarushi's room.