INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been granted bail on sexual assault charges after a court heard he had the
support of the Sri Lankan cricket association and government, and sureties totalling $200,000 were accepted.The 31-year-old was arrested on
with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent after allegedly sexually assaulting a 29-year-old woman in the eastern suburbs on
November 2, days after they matched on Tinder
No pleas have been entered.Gunathilaka was refused bail on November 7 and had a NSW Supreme Court bail hearing scheduled for next month
He reapplied for release in the Local Court on Thursday after 11 nights in custody.Police prosecutor Sergeant Kerry-Ann McKinnon said police
accepted that the material, including new proposed conditions, had allowed Gunathilaka to make a second bail application.The cricketer
appeared via video link from Parklea Correctional Centre in a prison-issued dark green tracksuit and wearing socks and thongs.Police argued
there were two unacceptable risks: that the accused would fail to appear and that he would endanger the safety of the complainant.McKinnon
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acceptable person, the accused agreeing to forfeit $50,000 if he failed to comply, reporting to Eastwood police station daily, a curfew from
9pm and 6am, not contacting the complainant and a ban on accessing Tinder and dating applications.The defence had proposed an electronic
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