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Divided Bench, Deadly Outcome: 12 to Hang Over MP’s Killing During 2022 Unrest
A three-judge Trial-at-Bar in Gampaha has delivered a split verdict in the case over the killing of former MP Amarakeerthi
Summary
The majority judgment of the bench found 16 accused guilty on charges linked to the attack and related offences, with 12 of them receiving the death penalty. The 12 sentenced to death were identified as the 1st accused Dhanushya Lakshantha, 4th accused Mohamed Dilshan, 5th accused Sagara Fernando, 6th accused Supun Tharindu Sunilrathna, 7th accused Indika Kumara Wijesinghe, 14th accused Ramaiya Sathya Kumar, 19th…
What this story is about
People
- Amarakeerthi Athukorala3
- Aragalaya2
- Yohan Madhubhashitha Jayaweera
- Dinuka Prabath Jayathilaka
- Anusha Indika Gunawardena
- Indika Kumara Wijesinghe
- Sanath Weera Prasanna
- Dhanushya Lakshantha
Organisations
- Parliament Amarakeerthi Athukorala
- Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar
- Gampaha High Court
- Death Sentences
- High Court
- Media
Places
- Nittambuwa3
- Gampaha High Court
- Welikada Prison
- Polonnaruwa
- Athukorala
- Galle Face
- Gampaha
- Killing
Keywords
- former2
- bench2
- case2
- culminating
- sentenced
- breaking
- divided
- outcome
- verdict
- deadly
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Breaking: 12 sentenced to death in former MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala murder caseNewsWire English
Death Sentences for 12 in Killing of Former MPNews First