Breaking: Sri Lankan cricketer has three sex assault charges withdrawn
Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has had three of four charges withdrawn relating to the alleged sexual assault of a woman in her home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Prosecutor Hugh Buddin, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, told the court that one charge had been certified but the remaining three counts of sexual intercourse without consent had been withdrawn.“The complainant was in shock, she did not feel safe saying anything to the accused out of fear of retribution.”The three withdrawn charges related to allegations Gunathilaka had digitally penetrated the woman’s vagina and put his penis in her mouth.
“The complainant was in shock, she did not feel safe saying anything to the accused out of fear of retribution,” the police facts claim. Gunathilaka travelled to Australia with Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup team but only played in their first game before being ruled out of the competition with a hamstring tear.
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