Sri Lankan student pleads guilty to persuading teenagers to send pornographic content

An international student who convinced young girls to send him lewd images and videos before sending the content to their families and friends has pleaded guilty to all charges.

 

The Sri Lankan national, who is in Australia on a bridging visa while he studies at Deakin University, coerced young girls into sending explicit images and videos.

 

If they failed to comply with his demands for more, Amarasinghe sent the initial material to their families and friends while threatening the girls, some of whom were overseas, that he would “ruin them” and that “wh--es deserved to be exposed”, the court heard.

 

The offender then requested (more videos from) the victims and threatened to send them to family and friends if they didn’t comply.