A Sri Lankan cricketer star who allegedly sexually assaulted a lady inside her Sydney dwelling has had a serious win in courtroom after police dropped a number of critical costs.
Mestiyage Don Danishka Gunathilaka, 32, appeared earlier than Downing Centre Local Court on 4 costs of sexual activity with out consent after his arrest late-last 12 months in the course of the T20 World Cup.
Police allege the worldwide cricketer matched with a lady on a courting app and that the pair chatted a lot of occasions earlier than they met on November 2, when the alleged offences occurred.
Lawyer Alen Sahinovic instructed the Sydney courtroom on Thursday police had dropped three of the 4 costs in opposition to the cricketer, who has been stranded in Australia on bail as he fronts the allegations.
Gunathilaka now faces a single cost of sexual assault.
The courtroom was beforehand instructed that Gunathilaka and the lady – who can’t be named – had drinks within the Sydney CBD earlier than they went again to the lady’s dwelling within the metropolis’s jap suburbs.
The Sri Lankan nationwide beforehand surrendered his passport and was ordered not strategy any worldwide departure level after being launched on a $200,000 surety by Downing Centre courtroom.
He will reappear earlier than the identical courtroom on July 13 for committal.
More to come back.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
