Trio jailed for raping Malaysian woman in Singapore hotel


SINGAPORE: Three British nationals who went on trial two weeks ago for taking turns to rape a Malaysian woman in Carlton Hotel here were sentenced to between five-and-a-half and six-and-a-half years' jail with caning on Tuesday.

The three men had pleaded guilty a day earlier to aggravated molestation after taking a week to consider the reduced charges.

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