A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced a Filipino man to life in prison over the gang rape and murder of a university student in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo in 2004.The Mito District Court ruled that Jerico Mori Lampano, 36, played a leading role in conspiring with two other Filipino men to kill the 21-year-old Ibaraki University student after gang raping her.Presiding Judge Yoshihiro Ogasawara called the crime "relentless and cruel," pointing out the men slashed the victim in the neck several times while strangling her.The sentence was in line with prosecutors' demand. Lampano's defense…READ FULL ARTICLE