Danushka Gunathilaka being moved to Sydney’s Silverwater Prison - report

 

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka is being moved to Sydney’s Silverwater Prison, after being refused bail on rape charges, foreign media reported on Monday. 

Gunathilaka was on Monday denied bail by a local court in Sydney after being charged with sexual assault of a woman while his country’s cricket board suspended him from all forms of the game with immediate effect. 

The 31-year-old Gunathilaka, who was arrested in the wee hours of Sunday ahead of the Sri Lankan team’s departure from Australia, attended the hearing via video link in Downing Centre Local Court from Surry Hills cells. 

His lawyer Mr. Ananda Amaranath made a bail application during the “closed court” hearing and magistrate Robert Williams refused it. The Sri Lankan team had left Australia without Gunathilaka after being eliminated from the T20 World Cup on Saturday.