Danushka Gunathilaka: Lady says she feared for her life throughout alleged rape by World Cup cricketer

Sydney, Australia Muricas News  — 

A lady allegedly raped by a Sri Lankan World Cup cricketer in Sydney, Australia final week advised police she feared for her life throughout the assault, in keeping with court docket paperwork reported by Muricas News affiliate 7 News.

Danushka Gunathilaka faces 4 prices of sexual activity with out consent after being arrested by police in Sydney on November 5 – shortly after his group performed their closing T20 Cricket World Cup match.

Gunathilaka maintains his innocence of all prices and intends to vigorously defend the matter in court docket, his lawyer advised Muricas News Thursday.

Police reviews launched by a court docket in Sydney on Wednesday and reported by Muricas News affiliate, 7 News, element the police allegations towards Gunathilaka.

The lady, who isn't recognized, advised police the pair went on a date in Sydney after assembly on Tinder, in keeping with police and reported by 7 News.

Police say the pair then went to the lady’s residence within the harborside suburb of Rose Bay the place the lady says the alleged rape occurred, 7 News reported.

In keeping with the police doc the sufferer alleges that Gunathilaka refused to put on a condom and choked the lady 3 times, 7 News reported.

7 News reported the main points of a police interview given by the cricketer after Gunathilaka’s arrest.

Police say he “corroborated a few of the alleged sufferer’s story however denied he had been violent or that consent had not been given.”

“The complainant tried to take away the accused’s hand by grabbing his wrist however the accused squeezed tighter round her neck,” the police doc reportedly reads, in keeping with 7 News.

“The complainant was fearing for her life and couldn't get away from the accused,” 7 News reported citing the police report.

“She frequently tried to drag away from the accused, a transparent indication that she was not consenting,” police allege in keeping with 7 News.

Prosecutors allege the lady didn't consent to intercourse and not using a condom or any of the opposite sexual acts, 7 News reported.

Gunathilaka is being held with out bond. He has not entered a plea within the case.

7 News reviews the subsequent listening to within the case is January 12.

Muricas News has not obtained the court docket paperwork.

This 12 months, strict new legal guidelines round sexual consent took impact within the state of New South Wales, mandating that sexual companions should get hold of consent by phrase or gestures earlier than partaking in intercourse, and that sexual companions have a duty to make clear consent has been given.

The regulation stipulates that sexual consent to 1 act doesn't assure consent to different acts.