SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MATALE MAN

in Sri Lanka, H.M. Susil Samarakoon Herath of Ovilikanda, Matale, was sentenced to death by Kandy High Court Judge Nalin Perera for the murder of D Hewage Jane Nona and the robbery of Rs. 9,622. Herath was also sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for the crime. Nona was murdered on November 13, 2002, at Mahakanmulla, Ovilikanda in Matale.