Sri Lanka, June 27 -- The Colombo High Court Judge, R.S.S Sapuwida sentenced a 68 year old man to 60 years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexually abusing his own brother's preschool daughter over a period of more than two months.

The High Court Judge imposed an additional fine of Rs. 30,000 on the accused and also ordered him to pay Rs. 1 million in compensation to the victim.

The judge emphasised the inhumanity and cruelty of the crime, saying, "This is not merely an offense against a child but an act that shocks the conscience of humanity."

Evidence revealed that the child, too young to fully understand what was happening, had once told her mother, "Amma, don't let that 'holman bappa' come to our house again,"...