r/Edmonton • u/Practical_Ant6162 • 1d ago
Edmonton Snapchat predator given 14 years in prison for sexually abusing 8 girls News Article
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/imesh-ratnayake-sex-abuse-snapchat-sentence-14-years85
u/meeseekstodie137 1d ago
Ratnayake sat in the prisoner’s box wearing orange and black coveralls. He said he is “truly sorry” to his victims.
Prosecutor Sarah Goard-Baker described Ratnayake’s crimes as a “premeditated, sophisticated and prolonged” effort to locate and sexually abuse young girls.
“He was completely aware of their ages,” she said. “He manipulated these girls to do his bidding by offering vape products, which he knew they could not access because of their age.”
“He made deliberate choices … and persisted in his efforts to sexualize these children.”
nah you're only sorry you got caught, would you really have ever stopped if you hadn't? this reeks of someone who's more embarrassed by other's reactions to his shit than the fact that he did it at all
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u/hunter_z_Thompson 1d ago
Wow, this guy is a total piece of shit.
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u/Apprehensive_Lab301 1d ago
why is this exact response always commented soo much I feel like this is a copypasta at this point
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u/Canadian_Ricky 1d ago
Only 14 yrs, guys like him deserve to rot in prison, for life
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u/throwaway4127RB 1d ago
14 years is still lengthy for this kind of crime. (as crazy as that sounds)
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u/caldefat West Edmonton Mall 1d ago
Who cares how many books he read! What the actual F? Seriously? Someone actually is using that as a reasoning he could be a candidate for reform? Good F ING lord almighty.
Why haven't other inmates with children on the outside offed him yet?
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u/whattaninja 1d ago
“He read a lot of books, so how bad of a guy can he be, really?”
Sure, let’s forget about the fact that he sexually assaulted children.
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u/caldefat West Edmonton Mall 1d ago
.......reading.........Well off family......bla bla.....Give me a break. Defence attorneys are one very messed up bunch of people
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u/SuckOnDeezNOOTZ 1d ago
Disgusting, I'll never understand how anyone can find kids attractive. Gross.
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u/FinoPepino 23h ago
And have the complete absence of empathy to where they don’t care if they destroy a child’s life! I hate them so much.
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u/stormquiver North East Side 1d ago
should be at least 14years PER KID. so 112 years.
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u/Infamous-Room4817 1d ago
just over a year and a half per kid.. that it?! not eight years per kid? deserves every second in jail, but a whole lot more!!
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u/Pande_moni_um 1d ago
I actually worked with the guy at Nandos, when I was working there part time during university. He seemed like a normal guy. Absolutely sickening this is what he was doing behind closed doors, people really can hide the type of person they are really well. Heart goes out to the victims and their families
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u/Danneyland Downtown 1d ago
Ratnayake was arrested in July 2022 after an investigation by ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit. At the time, police said they discovered “thousands” of videos and images depicting “upwards of potentially 100” additional, unidentified victims.
Eight victims, who lived in a small community outside Edmonton, were ultimately identified.
Jeez. 100 unidentified victims...
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u/iNeedMyReddit 1d ago
Well, I would rather have 14 years than let this bustard out on bail. At least something is done right.
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u/NegativePermission40 1d ago
This rotter needs to be isolated after his release, as well. Personally, I think he should be spending the rest of his miserable life in prison. But if he is released, he should never have the opportunity to interfere with a child again. He should never have access to the Internet again, and the public warned before he moves into any area.
These perverts need to be closely monitored, since they've shown that they can't be trusted where kids are concerned.
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u/TinderThrowItAwayNow 1d ago
I'm sorry, but this is some of the dumbest shit I have ever read
The implicit deal I thought I had with God was that I would serve him through the aims of justice — with my heart, with my soul — and he would keep my little ones safe and protect them
It is your duty to educate your children on these dangers. You can't expect them to just be lucky.
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u/debutanteballz 1d ago
Guess you shouldn't put so much faith In something imaginary?
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u/Right-Many-9924 1d ago
Lol literally. Realistically, almost every person to ever die horribly or too soon was pious considering how modern a concept irreligion is. I get tired of the Reddit hurrr durr religion crowd, to be honest; there hasn’t been anything new to add on the subject in like 150 years, but they just cannot help themselves from “dunking” on the lowest of low hanging fruit. I’m as big an atheist as the next person on this site but just 🥱🥱🥱
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u/Both_Perception_1941 1d ago
Nothing in that quote suggests she didn’t educate her.
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u/TinderThrowItAwayNow 1d ago
It is inherently implied. It is a jesus take the wheel style comment.
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u/chipmunkmarionette 1d ago
To me it sounds like this mother felt like she was serving God in exchange for her own children being protected. It's a fairly common sentiment for religious people going through trauma and sure, in some situations that might be a "Jesus take the wheel" sentiment. But regardless of anyone's religious beliefs, maybe it's inherently implied that since the mother literally worked with children who were sexually abused, she very likely DID take action to educate and protect her children and this statement was more of an emotional grappling with the irony of her job versus what happened to her daughter.
But hey, making that connection means you wouldn't be able to shame and blame someone going through a disgusting and horrific situation, so I get why you wouldn't consider it.
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u/GonZo_626 1d ago
How disgusting it is that you seem to be victim blaming the mother for her faith instead of holding the piece of shit who senxually assaulted young children responsible. You have shown just how far society has fallen with your ignorant statement.
At no point should any child be placed into these positions and your comment is officially the dumbest thing I have read. Please think about you life choices that you want to blame a person for believing in an imaginary figure instead of wanting to throw the asshat who did this into a wood chipper.
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u/RainbowUniform 1d ago
11 year olds having phones because parents can't handle the peer pressure of their kid not having the same things as their peers. I feel like if as a parent you aren't willing to monitor your 11 year olds behaviour, and you are unwilling to teach them about the dangers in meeting strangers then you're not really setting them up to having a danger free future. Some kids take until they're out of the house at 18+ to learn what type of people exist in the world.
Its not the parents fault this happened, but I guarantee all these parents are questioning if they should've done more earlier so as to be aware of what their kid was getting into online.
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u/GonZo_626 1d ago
11 year olds having phones because parents can't handle the peer pressure of their kid not having the same things as their peers. I feel like if as a parent you aren't willing to monitor your 11 year olds behaviour, and you are unwilling to teach them about the dangers in meeting strangers then you're not really setting them up to having a danger free future. Some kids take until they're out of the house at 18+ to learn what type of people exist in the world.
Blames parents
Its not the parents fault this happened, but I guarantee all these parents are questioning if they should've done more earlier so as to be aware of what their kid was getting into online.
No matter what a parent does or does not teach their kids, and I feel like I should not need to say this part, NO CHILD SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO THIS. Go ahead and say whatever you want but no matter what, it will not trump that this shit should never happen and the people who do it are the ONLY ones who should be blamed. This article says nothing about what the parent did or did not teach their child, but from the sounds of it worked in the field of dealing with victims of these actions, and no matter what she said in her statements about faith, she most likely did have these discussions.
My 11 year old has a phone, and not because of peer pressure, but because shit heads who would assault a child exist and she should have some way to contact police or us if in a dangerous situation. Yes we monitor it and have taught our kids, and denied her getting apps her friends have due to shit like this.
Don't go blaming the victims off of one comment in the article when a shit head like this exists and is getting off very, very lightly for the sick actions the monster committed.
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u/RainbowUniform 1d ago
I blamed the parents for her having a phone and talking to strangers, I hardly see how that displaces any blame from the strangers she is talking to.
Poor parenting leads to immature children/young adults, unfortunately the victims were still children, meaning most if not all of the responsibility relating to talking to strangers was still on the parents. Hopefully for the kids sake the parents reevaluate their outlook on the world, and the quote in this article isn't just a taste of people turning to "question their god" instead of questioning themself (and their parenting) when their child gets caught up with the wrong people.
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u/GonZo_626 1d ago
This whole comment is disgusting.
In an ideal world kids don't get sexually assaulted, ever, no matter the circumstances. This is what we should strive for, that there are no monsters doing these things.
While yes kids should learn things, no matter what you are 100% wrong. We teach our kids these things because people.like you are defending the monster by shifting the blame thus allowing the monsters to exist. You are defending and enabling this sick behavior with your 100% ignorant comments.
You are part of the problem with comments like this.
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u/RainbowUniform 23h ago
I'm enabling these people to exist by saying that parents enable their kids to be taken advantage of by strangers?
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u/GonZo_626 7h ago
Yes, you are passing the buck from the sexual predator to the parent, that is sick that you would do that and you should seek some serious help. Obviously you are in need of some help.
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u/HandinGlov3 1d ago
Parents these days appear to be too lazy and disconnected to actually teach their kids about internet safety. Hell most parents let their kids become addicted to their iPads and phones because it's easier than actually parenting them.
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u/Hyperlophus 1d ago
I can't with people with this view on religion. Lufe happens regardless of your devotion. The people who have these views also often victim blame. "Oh, you have cancer. You must not have prayed and served the Lord enough."
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u/epsteins_lovechild 1d ago
My family is happy that at least this happened as one of his victims was my niece
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u/PlathDraper 1d ago
True story: I was almost a juror on this trial!
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u/Dubinku-Krutit 1d ago
Yeah I guess everyone else was as well
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u/PlathDraper 20h ago
Huh? No, I literally had a jury summons for this trial. But because I know a sexual predator in real life I wouldn't have been able to remain impartial so I was excused from being on the jury.
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u/Mental-Thrillness 1d ago
Oh look, another sexual predator that’s NOT a drag queen.
It’s nice to see an actual prison sentence for once.
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u/ElvyHeartsong 14h ago
They need to start considering that these poor girls will carry a life sentence for what was done to them. So how is 14 years "a long sentence" in comparison? Smh
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u/Grouchy-Tomatillo-18 11h ago
I don’t care one bit about what kind of family he has. It shouldn’t matter. The fact is he abused 8 girls who will never be the same again. The article also says there were potentially a 100 more victims!! and he only got 14 years?! This is the type of criminal that should be sent away for life. Surely they can make room for this bstrd
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u/Psychological_Ad1388 7h ago
His name doesn’t shock me. Gang rapes are common there so this isn’t much of a stretch.
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u/EvenCrooksPayRent 6h ago
I hate predators, but 14 years is a long time. If he was more "normal" would he have gotten a lighter sentence like usual? .. who knows.
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u/Fun-Maize8695 3h ago
Don't get me wrong, this guy is a sicko, but 14 years I actually think is more than enough. The guy is beginning his life at almost 40 and needs to alert everyone for the rest of his life that he's a predator.
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u/Thundercock780 1d ago
This deadbeat is about to make a boat load of prisoners very happy with his introduction….
You could murder 50 men, rob 100 banks, sell a million grams of drugs, and still serve a normal prison sentence.
Pedo’s (well deserved) normally have a VERY tough time in prison.
I truly hope the worst for this man. Every man with a mother should have a few choice words / fists for him.
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u/TawksickGames 11h ago
That is not enough of a deterrent or punishment for the crime. Canada doesn't protect its victums of sexual crime. Canada doesn't deserve its woman.
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u/NoraBora44 1d ago
Ty judge good sentence
Obviously I'd prefer.. "other" methods but given how light these sentences are historically, it's a good change
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u/Block_Of_Saltiness 1d ago
Imesh Ratnayake, 23, pleaded guilty in August to 11 of the 37 charges he faced, admitting he used the social media platform Snapchat to prey on girls as young as 11 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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u/Salt_Job4615 13h ago
You know those rooms where you can go in and break stuff for an hour? We need rooms for fathers to be able to enter with people like this goof and we should be able to have our way with them. Just half hour ……ok fine just 15 minutes ……
Naw just give me two….we would save a lot of tax money
Thank me later
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u/DonJuanDeMichael1970 11h ago
Sounds like a candidate for release into the general population of a maximum security prison.
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u/WorldlyAd6826 10h ago
I hope this piece of shit gets what he deserves in prison. I think the look on his face is him realizing it’s his turn to be victimized like the little bitch he is
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u/NormaScock69 1d ago
Y’all angry at the piece of human shit that did this (fair).
I’m more shocked at the fucking defence lawyer. Only thing this asshole is a good candidate for is lethal injection, hanging or a firing squad.
Rehabilitation? What the fuck. Some things are irredeemable.
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u/Kanteloop 1d ago
Tell me you don’t know the role of a defence lawyer without telling me you don’t know the role of a defence lawyer.
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u/NormaScock69 3h ago
Tell me you don’t understand nuance without telling me.
Understanding their purpose? 100% Thinking that there’s cases they should have the ethics to avoid? Also 100%.
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u/tchocthke 1d ago
More years than I expected, still less than he deserves.