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IMPHAL: A POCSO court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to a youth convicted of raping and murdering a four-year-old girl in Senapati district of Manipur . The crime was committed in December, 2015.Special judge POCSO (Senapati) A Noutuneshwari Devi, during the sentence hearing, sentenced 21-year-old convict R David to death for his crime. "The special public prosecutor said David had taken the victim out on the pretext of buying her food on the occasion of Christmas Day. The incident took place between 6.30pm and 7pm.After taking up suo motto cognizance, police had arrested David on December 27, two days after the crime. The money should be paid as the National Legal Services Authority's 2018 compensation scheme for female victims and survivors of sexual assault or other crimes, the court said..