Sri Lanka, July 7 -- The Court of Appeal (CA) has affirmed the conviction and eight-year Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) term imposed on a man found guilty of sexually abusing his six-year-old neighbour in Moneragala in 2010.

A two-judge bench comprising Justices P. Kumararatnam and Pradeep Hettiarachchi dismissed the appeal filed by S.M. Jayantha, upholding the judgement of the Moneragala High Court, which had convicted him of committing grave sexual abuse under Section 365B(2)(b) of the Penal Code.

The Attorney General had indicted the accused over the sexual abuse of the six-year-old child. Following the trial, the Moneragala High Court found him guilty and sentenced him to eight years' rigorous imprisonment. In addition, the trial Court ...