Expat receives ten years for sexual child abuse

Gnaviyani Fuvahmula Magistrate Court has sentenced an expatriate man to ten years in prison for sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl.

The sentence was passed against Bangladeshi national, Mohamed Keroshan Hossain on 28 December 2016.

State brought forth charges against Keoshan following a case of sexual assaulton a child in February 2016.

Verdict from the Fuvahmulah Magistrate Court said that the accused denied the charges against him during the course of the investigation and the trial, but evidence provided by the state and the statement given by the accused to the investigation provides proof of guilt to the court without reasonable doubt as stated in Article 51-H of the Constitution.