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Colombo HC sentences eight to death in 1997 double murder case
The Colombo High Court today (08) handed down death sentences to eight accused found guilty of committing murder in a
Summary
The death sentences were handed down by Colombo High Court Judge Buddhika Sri Ragala. Court proceedings revealed that the crimes had arisen from a dispute that escalated into violence. Accordingly, the Colombo High Court imposed the death penalty on all eight convicted individuals.
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People
- Buddhika Sri Ragala2
- Velayutham Udayakumar
- Ragala
Organisations
- Hewa Batagodage Kusumawathi
- Colombo High Court
- Colombo Court
- Tharawatta
- Tarawatta
Places
- absentia
Keywords
- murder2
- death2
- case2
- committing
- sentences
- accused
- penalty
- double
- guilty
- eight
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