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2 sources·Updated 28m ago

Court of Appeal reduces 10-year rape sentence to two years, citing rehabilitation

The Court of Appeal has reduced a 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence imposed on a young man convicted of raping his underage girlfri…

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  • Hiru News - English·28m agoCourt of Appeal reduces 10-year rape sentence to two years, citing rehabilitation
  • Daily Mirror·3h agoStatutory rape: Young father gets ten-year rigorous imprisonment reduced to two years

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The Court observed that the accused was only 19 at the time of the incident and had just entered adulthood. The accused was 19 at the time. In reaching its decision, the Court relied on a Supreme Court determination in Reference No.

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  • Pradeep Hettiarachchi·
  • P. Kumararatnam
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  • Supreme Court of Sri Lanka·
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First reported
Nov 7, 8:15 AM
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Nov 7, 10:49 AM

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