CID to investigate accusations on Supreme Court judge

2015-06-30

A Supreme Court Judge has declined to give a statement regarding the alleged accusations of assaulting a female servant in his employment, Police Media Spokesperson ASP Ruwan Gunasekara told Ceylon Today online.

The domestic worker employed at the residence of the Judge, on June 26 lodged a complaint with Mount Lavinia Police claiming that she has been assaulted.

When a team of police visited the residence of the judge to get a statement, the judge has declined to give a statement, ASP Gunasekara added.

Mount Lavinia Police have submitted a report to Mount Lavinia Magistrate regarding the incident. Inspector General of Police (IGP) has ordered that Criminal Investigation Department should conduct further investigations regarding the incident.

Sarath Abrew becomes boisterous again

Monday, 29 June 2015 

Report reaching us conforms that Supreme Court Judge Sarath Abrew has assaulted and injured a domestic maid who was working in his house.

The domestic servant is currently admitted to the Kalubowila Hospital and getting treatment. This domestic servant named Nilusha Damayanthi a 37 year old femal has come to work to the Supreme Court judge Sarath Abrew’s house last 15th.

Sarath Abrew who has been a high court in Kalutara had been appointed as an appeal court judge by the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Now he is serving as one of the Supreme Court Judges.

This domestic servant has been entrusted a job to look after a sick child and the child has frequently assaulted this servant. When the servant has complained this to the judge Abrew, he also has assaulted her. The servant has told the police that judge Abrew assaulted her with a gun. The judge has not allowed her to leave the house after 15 days of her joining to work.

The judge has come to the Kalubowila Hospital several times and influenced the director of the hospital and tried to discharge the servant by force. Currently the servant has been given police protection and prevented the judge of meeting her.

Four such similar assaulting incidents were reported about this judge before. That was against another domestic maid and three police officers. There is a terrible reputation about this judge in the legal circle and there is a controversy that this judge has been affected by a psychiatric disorder.