Kottiyoor Rape

Kottiyoor rape case: High Court remits 20-year jail term of ex-priest Robin by half

December 01, 2021

Kottiyoor rape case: High Court remits 20-year jail term of ex-priest Robin by half

The court had dismissed the plea stating that giving the convict bail and permission to marry will set a wrong example.

August 01, 2021
Kottiyoor rape case: Victim moves SC seeking permission to marry rapist

The court on Monday will consider the petition filed by the woman, who was a minor when she was raped and impregnated by a Catholic priest at Kottiyoor in Kannur in 2017.
July 16, 2020
Kottiyoor rape convict, former priest keen to marry survivor, moves HC

Robin Mathew Vadakkumchery has approached the court with an application seeking an interim bail for two months for marrying the victim and adopting the child he had fathered.
February 17, 2019
When law triumphed even after the Kottiyoor rape victim turned hostile

The court has also stated that criminal proceedings must be initiated against the parents of the minor mother for turning hostile during the trial.
February 17, 2019
Kottiyoor rape case: Fr Robin sentenced to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment

The other six accused have been acquitted.
July 14, 2018
Supreme Court views Kerala minor's rape as 'very serious'

The vicar of the local church in Kottiyoor and the prime accused in the case was arrested on February 28 for sexually exploiting and impregnating the 16-year-old girl.