KOTTAYAM: As per a direction from additional district sessions court, the
defence lawyers
in the
nun rape case
visited on Wednesday the
convent
in
Kuravilangadu
, where the attack on the woman allegedly took place.
The team of lawyers, including advocate Sujesh Menon and advocate C S Ajayan, spent around one hour on the convent premises and inspected the room, where the nun was allegedly raped.
The defence lawyers had approached the court seeking its permission for visiting the convent during the trial. The court had then given its permission under strict directions.
The nun’s cross examination in the rape case had begun on Monday and will resume on October 27. Additional district court 1 judge G Gopakumar has barred the media from covering the in-camera proceedings.
The court had given strict instruction to the accused, bishop
Franco Mulakkal
, to be present in the court without fail during the entire trial in the case.
Mulakkal can get life imprisonment or imprisonment of not less than 10 years, if proved guilty.
The nun had filed a complaint with the Kottayam police chief about the sexual abuse she faced over 2014-16 on June 27, 2018.
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