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\"gang<\/a>Convicted man says victim should not have been out late at night and that women are more responsible for rape than men.<\/p>\n

A film-maker behind a new documentary about a fatal gang rape in India that caused global outrage has said one of the men sentenced to death for the killing showed no remorse during a “chilling” interview.<\/p>\n

Mukesh Singh, one of five people convicted over the 2012 attack in New Delhi, told British film-maker Leslee Udwin from his prison cell that the murdered student was at least partly responsible for the incident, in comments that experts say reflect a wider instinct to blame victims of sex crime.<\/p>\n

In the interview, Singh said the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, should not have been roam[ing] around at nine o’clock at night” and that “a girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy”.<\/p>\n

“What I found when I interviewed him, the most chilling thing that I found, was that I got an insight and understanding into the way he views women and that is what is extremely shocking,” Udwin told reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“No regret for one second out of 16 hours [of interviews], no regret. In fact, the opposite. Mukesh’s attitude is ‘Why are they making a fuss about us, everybody is doing it’,” she added in New Delhi before a special screening of the “India’s Daughter” documentary.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died from her injuries 13 days after she was savagely attacked on a moving bus while on her way home from the cinema with a male friend on December 16, 2012.<\/p>\n

Before her death in a Singapore hospital she was able to speak to police about the crime, which caused outrage across the world and triggered mass protests in India.<\/p>\n

Major legal reforms<\/strong><\/p>\n

The attack highlighted the frightening level of violence against women in the world’s second most populous country and led to a major reform of the rape laws, speeding up trials and increasing penalties.<\/p>\n

Udwin said she had read out a list of all the injuries that the victim suffered when she spoke to Singh but he was unmoved.<\/p>\n

“He is almost like a robot. I tried everything, every trick I knew to try and make him have a tear in his eye or something to see if there was any remorse,” she said.<\/p>\n

The victim’s parents condemned Singh’s comments, which caused outrage on television debates.<\/p>\n

Singh, 28, admitted driving the bus during the incident but denied taking part in the rape. He is appealing the verdict against him.<\/p>\n

One of the alleged attackers died in jail before he could be tried, while another was too young to be tried as an adult and is serving a three-year sentence in a reform facility.<\/p>\n

Source: AFP\/ Aljezera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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