17 June 2019 :
Two suspects convicted for murder were sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court on 30 April 2019.
Colombo High Court judge Vikum Kaluarachchi gave this verdict on two individuals who are residents of Pethiyagoda, Kelaniya.
They were indicted on June 24th 2006 for assaulting and murdering a person with a sword.
Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Faisal Rasheed on April 30, 2024 delivered the verdict in the murder case involving nine women and young girls from the same family residing in the limits of Chauntra police station.
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Two former policemen escaped the gallows after the Federal Court’s three-member panel on April 30, 2024 commuted the death sentences imposed on them to 40 years in jail for the murder of an Indonesian mechanic 18 years ago.
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