A local court today sentenced a woman and her husband to life for murdering a junior artiste after she refused to give them money in 2010.
Additional Sessions Judge S Malathi also imposed a fine of Rs 33,000.
Additional Public Prosecutor M Selvaraj said Adhi Laskmi of Kodambakkam was working as junior actress in Tamil films and had been providing financial assistance to Prabha and Edward Jayakumar in Minjur over the years.
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They demanded money from her for paying rent and admitting their children in school. When she refused to give them the money, they hatched a plot to kill her.
The couple entered her house in the midnight on October 15, 2010 and strangulated her with a towel. They were arrested three days later.
