A Belgian national was sentenced to life in prison for murdering an Indian man before dumping his body in a trash bin in Sydney, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Youssef Tecle Imnetu, 24, was ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years in prison during sentencing on Friday in the New South Wales state Supreme Court for the murder of Shoukat Ali Mohamed on July 29, 2003, The Daily Telegraph reported.
His accomplice, Basheeruddin Mohamed, who shared a Sydney apartment with Imentu, was deported to India for breaching conditions of his student visa before police discovered his involvement in the crime, a prosecutor told the court.
Mohamed, who has not been charged because Australia does not have an extradition treaty with India, allegedly owed the victim USD 15,121.
Imnetu and Mohamed forced their victim to swallow heroin, clubbed him with a baseball bat, strangled him and then stuffed his body in a trash bin outside their inner-city apartment, the court was told.
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