Serial killer Umesh Reddy sentenced to death by Karnataka HC

Serial killer Umesh Reddy, who has been charged with ghastly rapes and murders of several women, was sentenced to death by the
Karnataka High Court on Wednesday. ( Watch )

Reddy, an ex-police constable, gained notoriety for his sex crimes, raping women even after murdering them.

Special judge S R Bannurmath, a senior High Court judge, while pronouncing the verdict, termed Reddy as a "violent offender" and described the case as the "rarest of the rare", deserving the death sentence.

"In this case, he is an ex-policeman who has become a habitual pervert, who not only commits robbery but also to satisfy his lust, attacks helpless women and commits rape," the judge said.

A lower court in 2006 had awarded him death sentence. But a year later, a two-member bench of the High Court expressed a divergent view - one favouring the death sentence and another life term on an appeal by him (Reddy).

This led to the constitution of a special judge, Justice S R Bannurmath, who pronounced the verdict on Wednesdfay.

Reddy faced 21 criminal cases, of which he was acquitted in 11. The remaining nine related to rape, murder and robbery.
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