37-year-old Srilanka born, Chamari Liyange, a doctor by profession, was found guilty of killing her abusive husband Dinendra Athukorala in June 2014.
During the trial, the court heard that Dr. Liyanage suffered ‘worst kind’ of sexual, emotional and physical abuse.
For friends and family, Liyange was happily married to Athukorala. But Liyange later told police that she acted normal to prevent her husband from abusing her behind closed doors.
Behind closed doors, Athukorala was never satisfied with his wife. He pushed her into having affairs with other men.
He spent lot of his time watching pornography, seducing young women, mostly teenagers. The Court was informed that Dr Athukorala had videos and images of children being sexually abused on his computers and laptops.
The abuse didn’t end there. Liyange pointed out several objects in the house that were used to hit her.
Liyange also told police and court that her husband had listed her on pornography websites, wouldn’t allow her to sleep at night to have sex and he often streamed these acts online to strangers.
Chamari Liyange, fed up of her husband, had tried to leave her husband six times. She also tried to kill herself a number of times.
She killed him in June 2014.
The court heard her story and deliberated for seven hours before acquitting her of murder but sentenced her to four years jail for manslaughter in February 2016.
While she served her sentence in prison, Department of Immigration and Border Protection cancelled her visa but they revoked their decision on Thursday, .
This decision comes after domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty appealed to Immigration Minister Peter Dutton last month.
“Your decision to revoke the cancellation of Dr Liyanage's visa will demonstrate a compassionate Australian Government that truly understands the plight of family and domestic violence victims," Ms Batty wrote.
Liyanage’s immigration lawyer said she was “very emotional” after learning the department revoked its decision, allowing her to stay.
"She's thankful for all the support she's gotten from a considerable number of people in the community,” Mr Putt said.
Liyanage has said she plans to campaign for domestic violence when she is released.
