MADURAI: A mahila court at Theni in Tamil Nadu on Thursday sentenced a 44-year-old man to double imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl seven years ago.The man, Jeyakumar, who was 37 years old in 2009, raped and murdered the girl on June, 11, 2009 when she was returning home after watching a dance performance in Allinagaram village. He removed the girl’s anklets and packed the body in a television box before transporting it to Shivaji Nagar in an autorickshaw without the knowledge of the driver.He dumped the body in a septic tank at a newly built house in Shivaji Nagar. The house owner, who was staying elsewhere, found the body a few days later and alerted the Allinagaram police.The police arrested Jeyakumar when he tried to sell the anklets at a jewellery store. He confessed to raping and killing the girl. The police filed the chargesheet in May 2010.On Thursday, Theni mahila court judge Thaniarasu sentenced Jeyakumar to double life imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 30,000 on him.