Sri Lanka’s Gunathilaka charged with alleged sexual assault | Cricket Information
Gunathilaka has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a lady in Sydney and has been taken into custody.
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been arrested and charged for an alleged sexual assault on a lady in Sydney, hours after the nationwide crew misplaced to England on the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.
Gunathilaka was dominated out of the World Cup through the first spherical with a hamstring damage however he remained with the crew in Australia.
“Intercourse crimes squad detectives have charged a Sri Lankan nationwide following an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a lady in Sydney’s east final week,” New South Wales police stated in an announcement on Sunday.
Sri Lanka’s cricket board confirmed the person was 31-year-old Gunathilaka.
“Sri Lanka Cricket confirms that it was notified by the ICC that participant Danushka Gunathilaka has been arrested on the allegations of sexual assault of a lady in Sydney,” it stated in an announcement.
“SLC will carefully monitor the proceedings in courtroom and, in session with the ICC, will expeditiously provoke a radical inquiry into the matter and take stern motion in opposition to the participant if discovered responsible.”
Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been arrested in Sydney yesterday for rape. Sri Lanka crew left house with out him this morning. Gunathilaka was injured three weeks in the past and changed by Ashen Bandara. However crew administration saved him with the squad with out sending him house.
— Rex Clementine (@RexClementine) November 6, 2022
Police stated detectives started an investigation on Saturday after receiving reviews {that a} 29-year-old lady had been sexually assaulted at a Rose Bay house in Sydney’s jap suburbs earlier within the week.
Gunathilaka was arrested at a resort in Sydney within the early hours of Sunday and charged with 4 counts of sexual activity with out consent.
“The pair met up in Sydney at a pre-arranged assembly,” Detective Superintendent Jane Doherty, commander of the New South Wales state Intercourse Crimes Squad, instructed reporters. “That they had drinks and went for one thing to eat earlier than going again to the younger girl’s house.
“Police will allege that while they’re within the house the male assaulted the feminine quite a lot of instances while performing sexual acts upon her.”
Doherty stated the girl took steps to make sure her security, together with speaking with the person for a number of days earlier than assembly and happening a date in a public place.
Gunathilaka was refused bail and can seem at Sydney’s Waverley Court docket on Monday. Police say they’ll once more search to have bail refused.
Gunathilaka made his worldwide debut in 2015 and has performed eight Checks, 47 ODIs and 46 T20s.