Teacher sentenced to four years RI for bribery

Sandasen Marasinghe

Colombo High Court Judge Thilak Thabrew yesterday sentenced a teacher of Prince of Wales College Moratuwa to four years Rigorous Imprisonment after being convicted for accepting a bribe to admit a child to the school.

M.M. Vijitha Laxmi was convicted for accepting Rs 10,000 from a mother to admit her child to Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa on April 4, 2001. According to the evidence teacher has demanded the gratification from Ranasinghe Arachchilage Chandralatha to enter her child Geeshan Dulanjana to Grade Three of the school.

The evidence revealed that the child had been ousted from the school three months after admission. The Court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 and the Rs. 10000 that she accepted as a bribe was also ordered to be paid as a fine. The Court observed that case was proved beyond reasonable doubt.