Two Indians get death for Australian's murder

New Delhi: Two taxi drivers twere sentenced o death on Monday by an Indian court for raping and murdering an Australian tourist in the nation's capital four years ago, officials said.

Emelie Griggs, 59, had arrived in New Delhi on March 17, 2004, to enrol in a meditation course, but was raped and killed by a taxi driver and his associate shortly after she checked out of the airport and took a taxi, police said.

The next day, her body was found in a deserted field and police subsequently arrested the taxi drivers on charges of rape and murder.

Both men were sentenced to death by a lower court, court officials and a New Delhi Police spokesman said.