
A man convicted of murdering his wife by injecting her with pesticides was today sentenced to death by the Kegalle High Court.
Sarath Wimalaweera, a 51-year-old from Deraniyagala, was sentenced to death by Kegalle High Court Judge Menaka Wijesundara after being found guilty of injecting his wife with a certain pesticide on November 27, 2006.
She had passed away 18 days later.
The man was arrested under suspicion by Deraniyagala Police, who were handling investigations into the murder.
He was found guilty when the case was taken up today and sentenced to death.



















