A Sri Lankan asylum seeker has been imprisoned for 30 months
for a sex assault which occurred three years after he was spared from deportation
in a battle drove by his local Member of Parliament.
Sri Lankan-conceived Sivarajah Suganthan, 31, was permitted
to stay in the UK on account of a 2011 crusade headed by Lib Dem MP for Bristol
West Stephen Williams.
After an 800-signature appeal was displayed to Parliament
requiring an end to the extradition procedure, Suganthan – also known as Siva -
moved in with companions in Bristol.
In any case, after three years the father-of-two
"preyed" on a defenseless 21 year-old who had disallowed his advances
at a night cover.
It was told Bristol Crown Court that she woke at 3am to
discover her pants pulled down and Suganthan compelling a sex follow up on her.
DNA at the scene of the attack in February 2014 demonstrated
it was him and Suganthan, who has a past conviction for shoplifting, was
captured in a matter of seconds subsequently.
After at first arguing not culpable, he admitted to the
wrongdoing upon the arrival of his trial - yet at the same time upholds he
'doesn't recollect doing it’, the court listened.
More than two years after the assault, he has been at last
imprisoned by a judge who hammered the "inexplicable" deferral in
getting the case to court.
Judge Martin Picton required a survey of the Crown
Prosecution Service's taking care of and said lessons ought to be learnt to
guarantee it 'never happens again'.
He told Suganthan - who was upheld in court by his English
sweetheart - the occurrence had devastatingly affected his casualty's life.
Regardless she experiences tension and dejection and battles
to go out.
He said: 'Your victim made quite clear to you earlier in the
evening that she was not receptive of your attention and she was not welcoming
of any sexual contact'.
He added: 'I fully accept that you have had terrible
experiences in your life.
'I fully accept that you have come a long way from the child
who came to this country in a damaged condition.
'I fully accept that you have done much to change.
'There is obviously a different side to your character that
is much more creditable than your awful actions on this night appear to
demonstrate.'
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