A former US soldier received five consecutive life sentences for his role in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the murder of three of her family members.

AN ex-soldier charged with raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and slaying her family set the girl’s body ablaze after shooting her several times, prosecutors said during opening statements at his federal trial.

A former US soldier has been charged over the rape and death of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murders of three of her relatives.