Sri Lanka: Four persons sentenced to death

Four persons from the same family were sentenced to death by the Kegalle High Court for the murder of a police sergeant who raided an illicit alcohol racket.

The four suspects were convicted of beating the police sergeant with poles which led to his death.

The police officer was said to have raided an illicit alcohol production site where he was brutally assaulted by the four.


Source;  http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=20892 13 Dec 2012