A Sri Lankan cricketer who has been stuck in Australia for almost a year as he fought a “stealthing” charge in court will be free to return home after he was found not guilty of sexual assault without consent.
Danushka Gunathilaka learned his fate on Thursday following a judge alone trial at the Downing Centre District Court after pleading not guilty to the single charge.
He did not react as Judge Huggett read out her verdict, and he hugged and kissed a woman who has supported him throughout the trial.
Judge Sarah Huggett heard four days of evidence, including from the alleged victim who said the cricketer was “forceful” and “aggressive”.
The 32-year-old batsman met up with the woman at Sydney’s Opera Bar on November 2 last year after matching on Tinder while Mr Gunathilaka was in Australia to play in the T20 World Cup.
It was not in dispute the pair had chatted several…
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