Five years after BPO employee Pratibha Srikanthamurthy was raped and murdered, a local court here on Wednesday convicted cab driver Shiva Kumar in the sensational case. The sentence will be pronounced on October 8.

Fast Track Court Judge BV Guddali convicted Shiva Kumar of all the three charges under section 366 (kidnap), section 376 (rape) and section 302 (murder) of the IPC. The, Judge, however said the sentence would be pronounced on October 8.