Man sentenced to 17 years for raping woman and her two daughters

Judge Marasinghe observed that the accused had taken advantage of the absence of the husband to commit a most heinous act against a defenceless woman and her daughters

- By BHAGYA SILVA

The Homagama High Court Judge Navarathna Marasinghe yesterday sentenced a man to 17 years of rigorous imprisonment for breaking into a house and sexually assaulting a woman and her two daughters while the husband, a soldier was away on duty.