Eight Iraqi asylum seekers were convicted on Thursday of gang-raping a woman in Vienna on New Year's eve 2015.

A Vienna court sentenced the men to prison terms between nine and 13 years.

The men had picked up the drunk 28-year-old German woman on a street in central Vienna and brought her to an apartment where they took turns raping her, the court found.

Only one of the defendants showed remorse and admitted to the crime, while others said they were not at the crime scene, or that the woman had agreed to have sex.

However, the men were convicted on the basis of DNA evidence.

In addition, the suspects, who included a son and his father, had made selfie photos with their victims.

Although the men, who are now aged between 22 and 48, were also heavily drunk, a court-appointed expert said that they knew what they were doing.

The woman has been suffering from serious psychological problems since that night. "Nothing makes me happy anymore," her lawyer quoted her as saying.