Former Sri Lankan prison commissioner sentenced to death over prisoners’ killings
The Hindu
Colombo High Court trial on January 13 found the former Superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewa guilty and passed the death sentence
A top Sri Lankan court in Colombo has sentenced to death a former prisons commissioner over the Welikada Prison riot in 2012 which killed at least 27 inmates.
The Colombo High Court trial on January 13 found the former Superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewa guilty and passed the death sentence.
The first defendant in the case, the then Inspector of the Police Narcotics Bureau, Neomal Rangajeewa was acquitted from all charges.
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