2 Britons jailed for abusing Indian children

By Afp, Mumbai
Two British men were sentenced to six years in jail by an Indian court for sexually abusing street children at shelters they ran in the financial capital of Mumbai, reports said yesterday.

Duncan Grant, 62, and Allan Waters, 52, who both once served in the British navy, had sex with a number of boys who turned up hungry and homeless at their homes, according to the court.

Judge P.S. Paranjape said the sentences were designed to "wipe out India's name from the map of sex-tourism" and to demonstrate "India was no more a destination for them in future".