<p>A 20-year-old Indian-origin student has been sentenced to more than six years imprisonment for raping an "intoxicated" woman while she was on a night out with friends last year in Wales.</p>.<p>CCTV Footage showed Preet Vikal carrying the "intoxicated" woman in his arms and across his shoulders through Cardiff city centre.</p>.<p>Vikal admitted rape and was sentenced to six years and nine months in a young offenders' institution, a release by South Wales police said on Friday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/indian-origin-man-stabbed-to-death-in-uk-1228773.html" target="_blank">Indian-origin man stabbed to death in UK</a></strong></p>.<p>Vikal, an engineering student, came across the woman while she was on a night out with friends in Cardiff city centre.</p>.<p>“Stranger attacks such as these are extremely unusual in Cardiff but in Preet Vikal we had a dangerous individual," said Detective Constable Nick Woodland.</p>.<p>“He took advantage of an intoxicated and vulnerable young woman who became separated from her friends," Woodland was quoted as saying.</p>.<p>Prosecutor Matthew Cobbe said the university student brought the victim to his room at Talybont, despite the victim being unable to give consent, reported <em>The Sun </em>newspaper.</p>.<p>Officers carried out an extensive trawl of CCTV and it was this footage, along with an Instagram message exchange with the victim, that led to Vikal being identified and arrested.</p>.<p>He also took a "trophy photograph" of her on his bed.</p>.<p>Vikal will serve two-thirds of the sentence in custody and the remainder on licence.</p>
<p>A 20-year-old Indian-origin student has been sentenced to more than six years imprisonment for raping an "intoxicated" woman while she was on a night out with friends last year in Wales.</p>.<p>CCTV Footage showed Preet Vikal carrying the "intoxicated" woman in his arms and across his shoulders through Cardiff city centre.</p>.<p>Vikal admitted rape and was sentenced to six years and nine months in a young offenders' institution, a release by South Wales police said on Friday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/indian-origin-man-stabbed-to-death-in-uk-1228773.html" target="_blank">Indian-origin man stabbed to death in UK</a></strong></p>.<p>Vikal, an engineering student, came across the woman while she was on a night out with friends in Cardiff city centre.</p>.<p>“Stranger attacks such as these are extremely unusual in Cardiff but in Preet Vikal we had a dangerous individual," said Detective Constable Nick Woodland.</p>.<p>“He took advantage of an intoxicated and vulnerable young woman who became separated from her friends," Woodland was quoted as saying.</p>.<p>Prosecutor Matthew Cobbe said the university student brought the victim to his room at Talybont, despite the victim being unable to give consent, reported <em>The Sun </em>newspaper.</p>.<p>Officers carried out an extensive trawl of CCTV and it was this footage, along with an Instagram message exchange with the victim, that led to Vikal being identified and arrested.</p>.<p>He also took a "trophy photograph" of her on his bed.</p>.<p>Vikal will serve two-thirds of the sentence in custody and the remainder on licence.</p>