A Divi Neguma development officer has been sentenced to 20 years of strenuous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court for soliciting a sexual kickback from a 30-year-old mom of three in exchange for facilitating a federal government subsidy for her childs kidney surgery.Delivering the decision, Colombo High Court Judge Aditya Patabendige stated that such conduct by a public official was utterly unacceptable and represented a serious betrayal of public trust.
The judge, however, purchased that the 20-year sentence be served within 10 years.The court even more ruled that the offender would lose his civil liberties, consisting of the right to vote, and likewise imposed a fine of Rs.
20,000.
The incident goes back to March 31, 2015, when the implicated was captured by officers of the Bribery Commission.
He had actually taken the woman to a hotel in the Tissamaharama location with the intent of getting sexual favors in return for financial assistance from the government for her seven-year-old children kidney operation.Following the arrest, the Bribery Commission filed indictments versus the suspect in the Colombo High Court.
After a lengthy trial, the judge ruled that the prosecution had proven the charges beyond an affordable doubt.In delivering the sentence, Judge Patabendige underscored the seriousness of the offense, specifying that a lax penalty would be unsuitable given the circumstances and the abuse of power included.