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Sri Lankan Cricketer Accused of Rape Sees Bail Conditions Eased

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A prominent Sri Lankan cricket player, who had been stuck in Australia for over eight months, has been granted permission for domestic travel following a relaxation of his bail terms.

Danushka Gunathilaka, dressed in black pants and a heavy black jacket, made an appearance at the Sydney Downing Centre District Court on Tuesday to seek leniency regarding his bail conditions.

Gunathilaka, who has maintained his innocence, had been charged with the rape of a woman at her Sydney residence while he was in Australia participating in the T20 World Cup last year.

The cricketer was apprehended and charged in November of the previous year as he was about to return to Sri Lanka alongside his teammates. Consequently, he had been prohibited from leaving the country.

Initially granted bail on November 17 under strict conditions such as surrendering his passport and avoiding international departure points, Gunathilaka, aged 32, approached the court on Tuesday to request a revision of his bail terms. His plea was to allow him to travel within Australia on two separate occasions within the current month.

Acting Judge Graeme Henson consented to temporarily lift the restriction on approaching international departure points for four days this week and another four days at the end of the month. The judge stipulated that Gunathilaka must notify the police at least 48 hours in advance, providing details of his trip’s duration, location, and itinerary for any domestic travel.

However, the 32-year-old cricketer is still required to check in with the police three times a week, and he is limited to possessing only one mobile phone. Additionally, due to the pending allegations, he is prohibited from accessing dating sites or apps.

According to the police’s account, Gunathilaka matched with a woman on a dating app and engaged in several online conversations before meeting in person. After the meeting, they had drinks in the city before heading to the woman’s residence in Sydney’s eastern suburbs around 11 pm, as stated by the police report.

Allegedly, Gunathilaka disregarded the woman’s request to proceed slowly and instead assaulted her sexually within her residence. The police contend that the cricketer engaged in forceful intercourse during which he reportedly choked the woman on three occasions.

The woman expressed to the police that fear had immobilized her, preventing her from taking any action. She claimed that she had only consented to sexual activity with the cricket player under the condition that he use a condom. Later, she found the condom discarded on the floor next to the bed.

The court was informed that the sexual assault charge was connected to “stealing,” which involves the unauthorized removal of a condom during intercourse.

Gunathilaka is scheduled for a trial by a judge alone in September.

Source: The Australian

දූෂණය පිළිබඳ චෝදනාවට ලක්වූ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩකයාට ඇප කොන්දේසි ලිහිල් වේ.

මාස අටකට වැඩි කාලයක් ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ සිරවී සිටි ප්රමුඛ ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩකයෙක් ඔහුගේ ඇප අනුදර්ශන ලිහිල් කිරීමෙන් පසු ගෘහස්ථ සංචාරය සඳහා අවසර ලබා දී ඇත.

පසුගිය වසරේදී විස්සයි විස්ස ලෝක කුසලානයට සහභාගී වූ ඔහු ඕස්ට්රේලියාවෙහි සිටියදී කාන්තාවක් ස්ලොනු නිවසේ කාන්තාවක් දූෂණය කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් චෝදනාවට ලක්ව තිබුණි.

ඔහුගේ කණ්ඩායමේ සාමාජිකයන් සමඟ නැවත ශ්රී ලංකාවට පැමිණී නමුත් ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩකයා පසුගිය වසරේ නොවැම්බර් මාසයේදී අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබේ. එහි ප්රතිඵලයක් වශයෙන්, ඔහුට රට හැර යාම තහනම් විය.

ඔහුගේ විදේශ ගමන් බලපත්රය යටත් කිරීම හා ජාත්යන්තර පිටත්වීමේ ස්ථානවලට යටත් වීම සහ ජාත්යන්තර පිටත්වීමේ ස්ථානවල ලකුණු 32 ක් වැනි දැඩි කොන්දේසි යටතේ මුලින් ඇප ලබා දී ඇති අතර, ඔහුගේ ඇප අනුදර්ශනවල සංශෝධනයක් ඉල්ලා සිටීම සඳහා ගුණතිලක මහතා අඟහරුවාදා පැමිණියේය. ඔහුගේ ආයාචනය නම්, වත්මන් මාසය තුළ අවස්ථා දෙකකදී ඔහුට ඕස්ට්රේලියාව තුළ ගමන් කිරීමට ඉඩ දීමයි.

මේ සතියේ දින හතරක් සහ මාසය අවසානයේ තවත් දින හතරක් සඳහා වූ ජාත්යන්තර පිටත්වීමේ ස්ථාන තාවකාලිකව ඔසවා තැබීමට වැඩබලන විනිසුරු ග්රේට හෙන්සන් ඊට එකඟ වීමට එකඟ විය. විනිසුරුවරයා නියම කළේ ගුණතිලක අවම වශයෙන් පැය 48 කට පෙරව පෙර පැය 48 කට පෙර පොලිසියට දැනුම් දිය යුතු බවයි.

කෙසේ වෙතත්, 32 හැවිරිදි ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩකයාට සතියකට තුන් වතාවක් පොලීසිය සමඟ පොලිසිය සමඟ පරීක්ෂා කිරීම අවශ්ය වන අතර, එක් ජංගම දුරකථනයක් පමණක් සන්තක වීමට ඔහු සීමා වේ. මීට අමතරව, අපේක්ෂිත චෝදනාවරුන් නිසා, ආලය අඩවි හෝ යෙදුම් වෙත ප්රවේශ වීම තහනම්ය.

ගුණතිලක හට සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේ විනිසුරුවරයා විසින් නඩු විභාගයක් පැවැත්වීමට නියෝග කර ඇත.

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