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Man charged with 3 counts of rape and 2 counts of sexual assault has been found guilty

Man charged with 3 counts of rape and 2 counts of sexual assault has been found guilty

Suva High Court Judge Justice Thushara Rajasinghe has found a Kadavu man guilty of 3 counts of rape and 2 counts of sexual assault.

He concurred with the majority guilty opinion of the three assessors.

The man sexually assaulted and raped his daughter between March and April in 2014.

The complainant was under the age of 20 when the alleged incident happened.

While delivering his judgement, Justice Rajasinghe said the victim was told by her mother, aunt and priest not to report the matter to the Police.

He said the evidence of the victim was consistent.

Justice Rajasinghe said that the evidence given by the man was not credible when he said that he had consensual sex with his daughter and claimed that the caution interviews that he gave were fabricated.

He said that he did not find any material to suggest that the caution interviews were fabricated.

The man will be sentenced on Thursday.

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