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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Five policemen to hang after 27 year trial
Kandy Provincial High Court Judge Sarojanee Kusala Weerawardena
presiding at the Panadura Provincial High Court on June 30 passed the
death sentence on five policemen who were found guilty of committing the
murder of a suspect who was in police custody on July 1, 1990.
The accused were also found guilty of assaulting the suspect while in
police custody The Judge sentenced each of the accused to six-month
imprisonment and fined Rs. 5000 each for the second charge.
The accused are Mellawathanthirige Padmakumara, the former OIC of the
Dombegoda Police post of the Panadura Police Division, and Police
Sergeant Namal Priyantha P. Udayakumara, Sarath Kodituwakku, and N. M.
Premaratne, who served at the Dombegoda Police post in 1990.
They were indicted by the Attorney General with being members of an
unlawful assembly and committing the murder of Mohammed Mansoor Mohammed
Munas of Atalugama, Bandaragama by assaulting and shooting him while he
was in police custody on June 1, 1990. The trial of the 27-year-old
murder case was concluded by high Court Judge Sarojanee Kusala
Weerawardena on June 30, 2017 at the Panadura Provincial High Court
All five accused were found guilty of killing Mohammed Mansoor Mohammed
Munas, while he was in police custody by shooting him on June 1, 1990.
They were found guilty of assulting the suspect who was in the police custody on the same day.
The judge reading out the judgement in open Court at 3 p m on June 30
stated that the accused attached to the Dombegoda Police Post arrested
the suspect Mohammed Munas on June 1, 1990, while he was coming out from
a mosque in Atalugama.
He was taken to the Police post and questioned. Police said that he
agreed to show the place where he had hidden the stolen items and
policemen took the suspect to recover the stolen articles.
While walking along a gravel road along School Road around 12 midnight
on that day, the suspect had attempted to escape. The suspect was not in
handcuffs. The first accused Sub Inspector Padmakumara caught him and
struggled with him. The suspect and the first accused fell on the ground
and accidentally the revolver gave way. The suspect was injured and
rushed to the Panadura Hospital. On the way, he died. But there was no
evidence to prove the defence story.