Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, arrested for sexually assaulting a girl in the course of the T20 World Cup, was denied bail after a listening to at a neighborhood court docket right here on Monday.
He attended the listening to at Downing Center Local Court through a video hyperlink from the Surry Hills cell.
Gunathilaka, 31, was arrested within the early hours of Sunday following an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a girl on November 2.
According to a report within the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, Gunathilaka was handcuffed and wearing a grey T-shirt, blue denims and thong in the course of the digital look on the listening to.
The report mentioned his lawyer, Anand Amarnath, utilized for bail in the course of the “closed court” listening to and Magistrate Robert Williams refused bail.
“Definitely, we are considering an application in the Supreme Court and it will be done at the earliest,” Amarnath was quoted as saying within the report.
“He’ll be disappointed, clearly.”
The Sri Lankan workforce left Australia with no gunatilaka after being knocked out of the T20 World Cup on Saturday.
Amarnath mentioned he understands that “some of the team’s officials remain in the country”. He additionally mentioned that Gunathilaka has no household in Australia.
The left-hander performed in opposition to Namibia within the first spherical match of the present showpiece and was dismissed for naught. Later, he was dominated out of the match as a result of damage whereas the workforce certified for the Super 12 stage. Sri Lanka’s workforce completed fourth in Group 1.
According to native media reviews, Gunathilaka and the lady have been in contact for a number of days after they related by an internet relationship app. The arrest was created from a Sydney lodge hours earlier than the Sri Lankan workforce left for Australia.
The Sri Lankan authorities has requested Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to conduct a direct inquiry. The SLC has made it clear that if discovered responsible, it’s going to take strict motion in opposition to the participant.
Gunathilaka isn’t any stranger to controversies.
In 2021, he was suspended by the SLC for a yr after breaking the workforce’s bio-secure bubble on a tour of England together with teammates Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella.
The board additionally handed him a six-month ban in 2018 after breaking the workforce curfew. In the identical yr, Gunathilaka was additionally suspended after his unnamed good friend was accused of raping a Norwegian lady.
In 2017, the board suspended him for six limited-overs video games after Gunathilaka went lacking coaching periods and turned up for a recreation with out his cricket gear.
He has represented Sri Lanka in eight Tests, 47 ODIs and 46 T20 Internationals.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
