A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at...
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city. He was sentenced to death for killing a Sri Lankan woman, Chandra Smayerla, on 6 November 1997. The woman accepted Sishabi's offer to take her home and on her way to Fahahil, he killed her and stole 700 Kuwaiti dinars [KD]. The criminal court death sentence was ratified by His Highness the Emir Shaykh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah.
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- (Sources: Kuna news agency web site, monitored by BBC 16/01/2001)