09 March 2023 :
Five persons were sentenced to death on 8 March 2023 in Sri Lanka for murder.
The order was issued by Kegalle Provincial High Court Judge Jayaki de Alwis against five persons accused of murder over an incident that took place in 2014.
The five persons on death row had allegedly struck a man with a cement block during a party held at a residence in the Kahagalla area in Dewalagama, Kegalle on 3 July 2014.
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