{"id":122102,"date":"2023-09-28T05:37:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T05:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=122102"},"modified":"2023-09-28T05:42:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T05:42:24","slug":"cant-wait-to-play-sri-lankan-batter-cleared-of-rape-by-miklos-bolza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/cant-wait-to-play-sri-lankan-batter-cleared-of-rape-by-miklos-bolza\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Can&#8217;t wait to play&#8217;: Sri Lankan batter cleared of rape &#8211; By Miklos Bolza"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8216;Can&#8217;t wait to play&#8217;: Sri Lankan batter cleared of rape &#8211; By Miklos Bolza<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/au.sports.yahoo.com\/sexual-assault-verdict-looms-star-173000033.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHo9iBLgMpgajHy7q34SgLhgJ7C0aJQOPcxz5Ab8fVheh0D9AkVmBIS0Dzy3vvZphF6WejwetkK-Z1gA6LkMZebeGp8N-jXuO9QLMFaQzOB-TYit2Zpybo7bYNii1Gko6DrrDFbio99ej2jwuptof40Zir0fSptvP5Z6krpmIIQn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122103 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/6C9oldJx8ItWnhgaB6IFyQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aap.com.au\/15fd9f9ced55a473a7b64132f4082973\" alt=\"Danushka Gunathilaka - eLanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"443\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/au.sports.yahoo.com\/sexual-assault-verdict-looms-star-173000033.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHo9iBLgMpgajHy7q34SgLhgJ7C0aJQOPcxz5Ab8fVheh0D9AkVmBIS0Dzy3vvZphF6WejwetkK-Z1gA6LkMZebeGp8N-jXuO9QLMFaQzOB-TYit2Zpybo7bYNii1Gko6DrrDFbio99ej2jwuptof40Zir0fSptvP5Z6krpmIIQn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">au.sports.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A Sri Lankan international cricketer stuck in Australia while accused of raping a woman he met on Tinder through the act of &#8220;stealthing&#8221; is looking forward to returning to the pitch after his acquittal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Judge Sarah Huggett on Thursday found Danushka Gunathilaka not guilty\u00a0as he sat with supporters in Sydney&#8217;s Downing Centre District Court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;The evidence establishes that there was no opportunity for the accused to remove the condom during intercourse because that intercourse was continuous,&#8221; she said in handing down the verdict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;That (the woman) saw a used condom on the ground at some point after the act \u2026 is hardly surprising.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">After Gunathilaka, 32, and the woman matched on Tinder, they met for drinks at Opera Bar in November 2022 before having pizza together and catching a ferry to the woman&#8217;s eastern suburbs home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Judge Huggett found the complainant, who cannot be legally named, appeared to be an intelligent, calm and responsive witness who did not deliberately give false evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">However, at times the woman gave the impression she was &#8220;motivated by a desire to paint the cricketer in an unfavourable light&#8221;, the judge said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I find that the evidence regarding the complaint far from supports the complainant.\u00a0Rather it undermines the reliability of her evidence.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The cricketer&#8217;s defence team signalled he will apply for the Crown to pay his legal costs of defending the allegation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Outside court, Gunathilaka thanked his lawyers, parents and others who supported him during what he described as a very hard 11 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m happy my life is normal again,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to go back and play cricket.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Police initially brought four charges against Gunathilaka, who was\u00a0arrested at the Hyatt Regency hours before the Sri Lankan cricket team was due to fly out of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Prosecutors later dropped three of those charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In statements to police and the court, the woman accused the batsman of various acts of aggression and violence such as slapping her buttocks, forcefully kissing her and bruising her lips and choking her during sex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There was no suggestion by prosecutors at trial that any of these acts constituted an offence, although the woman in her evidence said the sex was non-consensual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gunathilaka maintained his innocence, telling police after his arrest he did not remove his condom during sex and denied allegations he had been aggressive or forceful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He pleaded not guilty in court to one count of sexual intercourse without consent relating to the alleged &#8220;stealthing&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">During the judge-alone trial, defence lawyers attacked the credibility of the complainant, claiming her story shifted over time and she edited her version of events to paint Gunathilaka as an aggressive person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Judge Huggett heard evidence from two of the woman&#8217;s friends who described her as fragile and distraught the day after the cricketer attended her home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Police officers who spoke to the woman were also grilled about the way they handled the case, including omitting crucial details, throwing out notes and potentially contaminating witnesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Judge Huggett on Thursday described the conduct of police in prosecuting Gunathilaka as &#8220;very concerning&#8221; and &#8220;far from satisfactory&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The cricketer was out on bail during the trial but has been unable to\u00a0play international cricket or return to his home city of Colombo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The matter will return to court on October 4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; 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