A GRADUATE WHO ‘FROLICKED’ NAKED WITH A 13 YEAR OL

A GRADUATE WHO ‘FROLICKED’ NAKED WITH A 13 YEAR OLD SCHOOL
GIRL, AFTER SHE HELPED CARRY HIS SHOPPING HOME, WAS FINED #200
AT INNER LONDON CROWN COURT.

THE COURT HEARD THAT 23-YEAR-OLD SRI-LANKAN STUDENT, DAVID
GUNAWARDENA, HAD JUST STARTED HIS STUDIES AT GREENWICH COLLEGE
WHEN HE MET THE GIRL IN THE STREET.

‘HE ASKED HER THE WAY TO THE NEAREST SUPERMARKET AND SHE
OBLIGED BY TAKING HIM THERE – AND OFFERED TO HELP CARRY HIS
SHOPPING BACK TO HIS BEDSIT IN HUMBER ROAD, GREENWICH.

‘ SAID MR
QUENTIN PURDY, PROSECUTING.

BUT ONCE THERE, HE LOCKED THE DOOR, STRIPPED NAKED AND
THEN PULLED OFF THE GIRL’S CLOTHES.

‘HE PUSHED HER ONTO THE BED, LAY ON TOP OF HER AND FONDLED
HER BODY .

‘THERE WAS A NAKED FROLIC FOR A SHORT TIME, WHICH ENDED
WHEN HE WENT TO TAKE A SHOWER.

‘ ADDED MR PURDY.

COUNSEL SAID SEX DID NOT TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO AND
THE GIRL DID NOT TRY TO LEAVE WHEN HE WAS OUT OF THE ROOM.

SHE EVEN LEFT HIM THE TELEPHONE NUMBER ON A SCRAP OF
PAPER, THE COURT HEARD.

BUT A FEW DAYS LATER, THE DISTRESSSED TEENAGER CONFIDED IN
A SCHOOLFRIEND – AND A TEACHER CALLED POLICE.

IN COURT THE BEARDED AND BESPECTACLED STUDENT PLEADED GUILTY
TO INDENCENTLY ASSAULTING THE 13 YEAR OLD GIRL IN JUNE THIS
YEAR.

BUT HE TOLD DETECTIVES HE BELIEVED THE GIRL WAS REALLY 18
YEARS OLD.

DEFENCE COUNSEL, MR DAVID HUGHES SAID THAT GUNAWADENA DENIED
THE GIRL’S CLAIM THAT HE LOCKED THE DOOR AND ADDED THAT A
DOCTOR’S EXAMINATION OF HER ‘SHOWED NO INJURIES OR EVIDENCE OF
FORCE BEING USED.

‘

ENDS*