I attended the court yesterday to cover the attempted r*pe case of a foreigner. PART 1
Disclaimer : I'm a third party who observed the case from afar and because the case is still in the court I have to anonymize a lot of details unfortunately.
So the courts begin the trial at 9:30 am and you can sit quietly and watch the proceedings. The accused and the accuser comes in front of the judge and then they either plead guilty or not guilty when asked by the judge. The Accused pleaded not guilty and the court date was adjourned to February 10th 2027.
This happened in the Tangalle court house, at the high court where a lot of cases were being heard. The accused was present with his seniors and juniors to court and the building this happened according to the accuser is a quite famous Viharaya in the area .The Accused is a 17 year old from the same premises. The accuser will have to present evidence on the 10th of February and when probed further under anonymity, it seems they have video footage of what happened with them because they do travel vlogging as they are on vacation. They have footage of the incident happening in real time, but as the court proceeding go you need time to present evidence according to my own legal counselor.
The case was not handled from the Accuser's side in a proper manner and from anonymous sources I found out that they are now being represented by professional counselors (as opposed to junior counselors) and the embassy is involved thoroughly because this is a high profile case.