Former OIC and three others sentenced to death for Angulana murders

Former OIC and three others sentenced to death for Angulana murders

August 25, 2011   11:45 am

The Colombo High Court has a short while ago sentenced former OIC of the Angulana Police and three other officers who were found guilty of the double murder of two youths in Angulana.


Former OIC K.W. Newton, Police constables Galhenage Kumarasiri, Dhammika Jayaratne and Civil Defence Force member Janapriya Senaratne were found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt for the dual murder of Dinesh Tharanga Fernando and Dhanushka Aponsu on August 12, 2009.


The four suspects were accused of abducting the two youths and murdering them in the Angulana area.

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