Dutchman sought by police in Thailand gets 28 years in jail in Peru

Van der Sloot was also once sought by police in Aruba for the disappearance of American teenage tourist Natalee Holloway.

Van der Sloot, 24, during the lengthy reading of the verdict in Lima on Friday appeared to be nervous, confused, sweating and in disbelief as he wiped away tears.

Natalee Holloway went missing on May 30, 2005, during a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Despite international media attention, her body was never found and a court in the United States ruled her legally dead on Thursday.

Exactly 5 years after Holloway's disappearance, on May 30, 2010, Van der Sloot, after setting up shop in Bangkok for a few months, moved on to Peru where he took 21-year-old Peruvian woman Stephany Tatiana Flores to his Lima hotel room after meeting her at a local casino. She was found there several days later, strangled to death.

Van der Sloot was eventually arrested in Chile and deported back to Peru for trial.

The court in Peru sentenced him on Friday to 28 years in prison and ordered his deportation after completion of his prison time on June 10, 2038.

He was also ordered to pay a 200,000 soles ($74,200) fine, which will be paid to Flores' family.