Visit Indian Travel Sites
Goa,
Kerala,
Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh,
Delhi,
Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh,
Assam,
Sikkim,
Madhya Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir
Karnataka
|
Buddhist monk in UK accused of assaulting two young girls | A senior Sri-Lankan origin Buddhist monk in Britain has been accused of carrying out a string of attacks on two young girls aged below ten. One girl had claimed that Pahalagama Somaratana abused her in the shrine room of Croydon Temple in 1978, where he has been chief monk for the past 31 years. A second woman claimed being indecently assaulted at Croydon Temple during the mid 1980s. According
to The Daily Mail, Somaratana, 66, is facing nine counts of rape, indecent assault
and sexual assault. Somaratana appeared at Isleworth Crown Court last week to
deny all charges against him. Prosecutor Richard Merz told the court the first
victim, who was nine in 1978, had been enticed into the monk's room with fruit
Polo sweets and told to sit on his lap. Somaratana later cornered her in the temple
shrine and raped her, Merz added. Merz added the second victim, who was aged between
nine and 10 during the alleged attacks, was also enticed into his room with sweets
at the temple in Selsdon, South Croydon . According to the report, Somaratana's
trial is expected to last three weeks.
|
|
|
|
|
|