Nepali cricket star Sandeep Lamichhane was on December 29, 2023 convicted of raping a 17-year-old woman after a protracted and repeatedly delayed trial that had left him free to proceed his sporting profession.
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A courtroom in Nepal found the Himalayan nation’s highest profile cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane guilty of raping a teenage woman and glued January 10 for sentencing.
The 23-year-old has been the face of cricket in Nepal and was the one participant from the nation to participate in outstanding Twenty20 leagues the world over.
He was suspended as Nepal’s captain final yr and brought into custody after police issued an arrest warrant for him over the assault in 2022. He was later launched on bail.
Lamichhane may withstand 10 years in jail. His attorneys stated he would attraction the decision to the next courtroom.
“We did not expect this judgement… we are frustrated,” lawyer Sabita Bhandari Baral instructed Reuters about Friday’s verdict by the Kathmandu district courtroom.
“We’ll definitely appeal,” she stated.
