Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jew Yishai Shlissel (C) is brought handcuffed to the Jerusalem

An Israeli court on Sunday sentenced an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man to life in prison for stabbing participants at a Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, killing a 16-year-old girl and wounding others.

The Jerusalem District Court convicted Yishai Schlissel in April of murder and six counts of attempted murder over the July 2015 stabbings. He was sentenced to life plus 31 years, a court statement said.