Two years’ suspended RI, Rs. 10,000 fine for sexual abuse

An accused of a sexual abuse case was sentenced to two years’ RI suspended for five years and fined Rs. 10,000 by Kurunegala High Court Judge Menaka Wijesundara yesterday morning.

The Accused, Mohamad Mansur Mohamad Riswan of Wariyapola, was indicted by the Attorney General with abusing 19-year-old woman in Wariyapola on November 19, 2010.

Mohamed Kanthi Pathima (19), a sales woman at a textile shop at Wariyapola was returning home on the day when the accused escorted her to a guesthouse and abused, police said.

He was ordered to pay Rs. 50,000 compensation to the victim.