The trial in the alleged sexual assault and murder of a Latvian tourist four years ago near Kovalam got under way at the Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Court – I on Wednesday.
Judge K.K. Balakrishnan began the trial in the case pertaining to the death of the 33-year-old victim who had gone missing on March 14, 2018. Her skeletal remains were discovered at a swampy locality near Kovalam 40 days later.
Two local youths, Umesh, 32, and Udayakumar, 28, both natives of Vellar, had been subsequently arrested and accused of drugging, raping and murdering the victim. They are currently out on bail.
