Edmonton man accused of quite a few intercourse offences towards women denied bail

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An Edmonton man who police say might have lured greater than 100 younger women on social media has been denied one other shot at bail.

Imesh Ratnayake was within the Courtroom of King’s Bench on Friday afternoon for a detention assessment listening to on 37 fees.

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Ratnayake had sought pretrial launch on the fees, which was denied by Justice Grant Dunlop. Dunlop’s causes for denying bail — in addition to proof and submissions from Crown and defence — are topic to a publication ban.

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Ratnayake was 21 when he was first arrested in July 2022 by the Alberta Regulation Enforcement Response Group’s web Youngster Exploitation (ICE) unit. He was accused of utilizing Snapchat to lure six women aged 11 to 13 from the Edmonton and Morinville areas.

He was initially charged with offences together with sexual assault, making little one pornography, distribution of intimate pictures and extortion.

Ratnayake was launched on bail however rearrested Dec. 9, 2022. On the time, police stated they’d “found 1000’s of movies and pictures that depict upwards of doubtless 100 extra, unidentified victims of kid luring and sexual assault.”

Ratnayake’s case is subsequent in courtroom Nov. 1 for a pretrial convention. He’s scheduled to start out a seven-week trial in September 2024.

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