Two Lankans sentenced in UK for rape

Two Sri Lankan men in England have been sentenced to eight and a half years in jail over the rape of a 21-year-old girl. A final decision on whether they should be returned to their country of origin after they have served their prison sentence will be made by the Home Office later.
The 21-year-old victim faced Tharumaseelam Thangavel and Arunan Thanabalasingam in court as she recounted her ordeal at their hands.
And she sat in the public gallery as the two men were jailed for eight and a half years each after her harrowing evidence was heard by the court.
On Monday she told of her struggle to cope after the sickening sex attack. The student, who can’t be identified for legal reasons, said: “What happened that night is always in the back of my mind. It is always going to be there. I have to just learn to live with that.”