Two gang-rape convicts get 10-year RI

20 June 2018 01:01 pm

The Colombo High Court today sentenced two individuals, who were convicted for abducting and gang-raping a minor girl, to ten years Rigorous Imprisonment.

The Attorney General had indicted the accused on two counts for gang-raping a girl, who was below 16-years-old at the time of the incident, in Buttala on September 26, 2002.
High Court Judge Sampath Abeykoon also imposed an indemnity of Rs. 100,000 on convicts to be paid to the victim. (Shehan Chamika Silva)