A man who sexually abused a school-age girl for over two months has been sentenced to 60 years in prison with hard labor by Colombo High Court Judge R.S.S. Sapuarachchi. The sentence is for a 68-year-old man.
In addition to the prison sentence, the defendant was fined Rs. 30,000 and ordered to pay Rs. 1 million in compensation to the victim.
Emphasizing the inhumanity and cruelty of this crime, the judge said, “This is not just a crime against a child, but an act that shocks the conscience of humanity.”
He had sexually abused his brother’s school-age daughter for over two months.
The prosecution told the court that the accused had entered the girl’s house when no one was present, took the girl to his house and committed the crime.
Thereafter, he had threatened the girl not to tell anyone about the incident and said that if she told anyone about it, something like this would happen again. After considering all the evidence, the High Court judge ruled that the prosecution had proven the case beyond reasonable doubt.