THREE prison inmates have been convicted by the High Court of physically and sexually abusing their former cellmate, at the end of a 12-day trial on Thursday.

Sentencing is adjourned to Monday but Iryan Abdul Karim, 21, Muhammad Hamdan Abdul Rahman, 20, and Mohammed Zameen Abdul Manoff, 22, will be spending a much longer time in jail than what they were originally in for.

Deputy Public Prosecutor S. Sellakumaran pressed for a deterrent sentence of at least 20 years' jail and caning in what he described as 'one of the worst cases of physical abuse in recent years'.

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