Chennai, June 3 -- A local court in Chennai on Monday sentenced a 37-year-old man, convicted for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student of Anna University last year, to 30 years in prison without remission.

Mahila court judge M Rajalakshmi pronounced the sentence in respect of each of the 11 charges proved by the prosecution and said the sentences will run concurrently.

"He will not be entitled to any privileges or early release," public prosecutor Mary Jeyanthi told reporters after the verdict.

"His phone is the weapon of this case," Jeyanthi said. "We submitted to the court a report from the forensic science lab which had analysed his phone activities on the day of the crime and concluded that he put his phone on flight mode. An o...