INDIAN COURT CONVICTED 4 MEN RAPE-GANG THAT RAPED 23-YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO LATER DIED.

An Indian court has convicted four men over the fatal gang rape;the men, along with another suspect who hanged himself in prison and a juvenile who was convicted in August, were riding through the city on an off-duty bus in December when they tricked the 23-year-old woman and a male friend into boarding.

This brutal attack set off waves of protest in India, giving voice to years of anger over the treatment of women and a silent epidemic of sexual harassment and rape.

It was gathered that they beat the woman's friend into submission, then they repeatedly raped her,  also assaulted her with an iron rod, which caused severe internal injuries that led to her death two weeks later. As a rape victim, The woman cannot be identified under Indian law, as she was a rape victim.

One of the protesters, a law school graduate Rapia Pathania ,said ‘’Every girl at any age experiences this - harassment or rape. We don't feel safe.’’ "That's why we're here. We want this case to be an example for every other case that has been filed and will be filed."

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the court, calling the case a wake-up call for India and demanding the death penalty for the men.

Judge Yogesh Khanna, while reading out his verdict  said the men had committed "murder of a helpless person". Sentences for the men, who face the possibility of hanging, are expected to be handed down on Wednesday.