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Indian store worker jailed for rape, assault in UK
Updated On: 14 November, 2017 02:05 PM IST | London | PTI
<p>A 30-year-old Indian-origin store worker in the UK has been jailed for nearly eight years for raping a woman who visited his shop to charge her mobile phone, according to media reports</p>

A 30-year-old Indian-origin store worker in the UK has been jailed for nearly eight years for raping a woman who visited his shop to charge her mobile phone, according to media reports. Swapnil Kulat locked the 40-year-old woman inside the shop, beat her and raped her, BBC reported. Kulat, who hailed from Nagpur, was sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison by the Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to rape, false imprisonment and causing actual bodily harm, the report said. He faces being deported back to India following his release, the metro.co.uk reported.

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