The Colombo High Court today (08) has dismissed an appeal filed by Shashi Weerawansa, the wife of former Member of the Parliament (MP) Wimal Weerawansa, against a two-year prison sentence and fine imposed on her... MORE..
On May 25th, the case was called before Magistrate Liyan Warusawithana at the Colombo Magistrate's Court. The accused, who is currently on bail, appeared in court. With the announcement of the appeal verdict in this politically significant incident, the High Court has now decided to implement the Magistrate's Court verdict as it is.
Summarised from Gossip Lanka News English
People- Shashi Weerawansa2
- Ranasinghe Mudiyanselage Shirsha Udayanthi
- Manjula Thilakarathne
- Manjula Thilakaratne
- Buddhika Sri Ragala
- Ada Derana
Organisations- Colombo High Court2
- Colombo Magistrate2
- Shashi Weerawansa2
- Criminal Investigation Department
- Immigration and Emigration Act
- Magistrate Liyan Warusawithana
- Colombo Magistrate's Court
- Parliament of Sri Lanka
Keywords- imprisonment
- irregularly
- possessing
- confirmed
- dismisses
- passport
- rigorous
- sentence
- appeal
- case
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