Jilted Indian-origin man jailed for 23 years

London, Dec 4: An Indian-origin man, spurned by the girl he loved as a teenager, has been jailed for 23 years after he tried to murder his ex-fiancee and her lover in a brutal knife attack, media reported. Bharat Soma, 26, slashed the throats of Darshana Narotam, 17, and Prashant Govinde, 22, in broad daylight on a busy city street in Leicester, out of "revenge", the Leicester Mercury reported Wednesday. Soma was found guilty Tuesday by a Leicester crown court jury of attempting to murder the couple, who eloped from their homes in Wembley in London to live in Leicester. After the sentencing, Soma raised his clasped hands in a praying gesture, and bowed to the judge and the jury in an expression of remorse. Soma, of North Evington, Leicester, was also convicted by a jury of unlawfully wounding a 15-year-old boy who was with the couple when they were attacked Jan 19.