Victims identified as Lankans

8 February 2011 02:40 am Views - 5472

The British Police on Monday said that the two women who died in a fire in a block of flats in Deptford in UK as Sri Lankan nationals.

Sri Lankan nationals Kunaliny Alagaratnam, 42, of Marine Tower, and Santhirapathy Tharmalingam, 59, who was visiting the UK from her native country, were both formally identified on Monday.

Post-mortem examinations at Greenwich Mortuary on Saturday confirmed that both women died as a result of the fire on Friday afternoon at Marine Tower in Abinger Grove, Deptford.

Sandra Clarke, 49, of Marine Tower, was charged on February 6 with manslaughter, arson with intent to endanger life and arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered.

She appeared on Monday via virtual link at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court, and was remanded to appear at Woolwich Crown Court on February 14. (The Docklands)