A man convicted of one count of rape and one count of abduction of a young person under 18 years of age has been sentenced to 6 years imprisonment by High Court Judge Justice Aruna Aluthge.
The man pleaded guilty to the charge of abduction while Justice Aluthge overturned the decision of the assessors and found the man guilty of the rape charge.
The assessors had unanimously found the man not guilty of the rape charge.
The man was 18 years at the time of the incident while the girl was 16 years and they were in a relationship.
The court was informed that the man abducted the girl in October, 2012 when she had gone to a carnival in Ba with her mother, cousin and aunt.
The court was informed that on 13th of April, 2013 the man raped the girl.
