Three jailed in U.K. for killing Indian

May 24, 2010 12:26 am | Updated 12:26 am IST - LONDON

Three persons have been jailed for nine years each after being convicted of killing an Indian worker in Norfolk for his Blackberry which they sold later for £60, and a chicken dinner.

Sarvanakumar Sellappan, 24, was returning home from his job at a petrol station when he was accosted by Armenian Roshan Samedov, 18, and Iranians Jegir Ahmmadi, 20, and Awat Muradi, 18, in the town of Diss.

Sellappan, the only son of his parents based in India, was targeted when the robbers saw him talking on his Blackberry.

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