The District Sessions Court-II, Kancheepuram, Judge E.M.K.S.Siddharthar has awarded life sentence to Karthik of Mannar Samudhiram, Thiruvaiyaru taluk, Thanjavur district, for murdering a hotel watchman here in 2008.
The accused joined as a waiter at a hotel on Railway Road in July 2008 and after working for a week he murdered the hotel watchman, Loganathan, who was sleeping near the cash counter on July 18. Karthik fled the scene after taking a sum of Rs.9400 from the cash counter and two mobile phones.
Keywords: Life sentence, murder
