A 29-year-old man who was charged with one count of rape but convicted for a lesser offence of defilement, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by High Court Judge, Justice Priyantha Fernando.
The man defiled a 14-year-old girl in Koro Island in 2014.
The court heard that the man took the girl with the permission of her father to collect mangoes when the incident happened.
The man has been given a non-parole period of one year and four months.
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