Woman’s murder in Kochi: Ripper Jayanandan gets lifer


Saturday, December 24, 2011: Ripper Jayanandan, who is accused of seven murders committed during 35 robberies, was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a woman from Vadakkekkara.
Additional sessions court of Ernakulam sentenced 39-year-old KP Jayanandan from Mala to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and fined him Rs 50,000 for murdering Elikutty, a resident of Vadakkekkara.
During one of his heists, Jayanandan stealthily entered the house of Elikutty on May 5, 2005. When Elikutty woke up, Jayanandan attacked her with an iron wok turner on the head. Elikutty’s daughter and son-in-law woke up hearing the scuffle and saw Jayanandan escaping from the scene and the old woman lying in a pool of blood with the wok turner stuck deep inside her head.
Police had charged Jayanandan with murder, robbery, and trespassing into the house based on the statements of Elikutty’s daughter and son-in-law.

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