5 March 2024 12:00 am Views - 180
By Lakmal Sooriyagoda
Two former policemen attached to Peliyagoda Police Station were sentenced to death yesterday by the Colombo High Court after being found guilty of assaulting a suspect to death at the Police Station in 2005.
The deceased had worked as a labourer at the residence of a police officer. The wife of the said police officer had filed a complaint against the deceased for the theft of a mobile phone. The deceased was illegally arrested and brutally assaulted after being detained at the Police Station.
High Court Judge Nawaratne Marasinghe ordered the two accused to pay a compensation of Rs. 1 million each to the daughter of the deceased.
The Attorney General had filed indictments against two accused, a Sub-Inspector of Police and a Police Constable attached to Peliyagoda Police Station, for committing the murder on or around July 13, 2005.