Former Sri Lanka cricketer Suranjith Silva, who works as a cricket coach in Melbourne, Australia, has been discovered responsible of sexually assaulting a girl by the Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Courtroom.
Silva was a first-class cricketer and a member of the Sri Lanka A squad.
He’s additionally the managing director of SS Sports activities and Excursions.
Silva, a father of 02 who migrated to Australia about 10 years in the past.
The incident involving the 51-year-old reportedly occurred in Sunbury on Jan. 26, 2025.
He was charged with grabbing a girl by the waist and kissing her on the neck with out her consent.
Silva denied the allegations and sought a contested listening to. After contemplating the proof, the court docket discovered him responsible.
In a sufferer influence assertion learn out in court docket, the lady mentioned Silva’s actions had made her really feel violated, uncomfortable and unsafe.
“It was a whole invasion of my private area and was one thing that I didn’t need or consent to. It took me months earlier than I felt snug to be intimate once more,” she mentioned in her assertion.
Silva’s lawyer, Daniel Sala, described the offence as a “lapse of judgment”.
He additionally requested the court docket to contemplate the impact of a conviction on his enterprise and his immigration standing as he was a everlasting resident of Australia.
Nonetheless, Main Senior Constable Sally Mannell, showing for the police, mentioned the sufferer was susceptible and that Silva confirmed no regret as he took the matter to a contested listening to the place the lady needed to give proof.
Justice of the Peace Carrie O’Shea ordered that Silva bear an evaluation for a group corrections order earlier than sentencing on Oct. 26.
