Man demands 'pound of flesh' from friend

Sumathipala Deeyagahag - Southern Province Roving correspondent

GALLE: Galle High court Judge Chandrasena Rajapaksa sentenced to death an accused found guilty of killing his friend over iguana meat. The accused attacked his friend with a door-bar during a dispute over sharing the flesh of an iguana killed for meat.

Walpita Gamage Gunathilaka was indicted at the Galle High Court for the murder of Kalutantirige Sirisena alias Somapala, 55 by attacking him with a door-bar in his house on December 21, 1997 at Meegoda in the Habaraduwa police area.

At the trial it was revealed that Gunathilake had killed an iguana and brought the flesh to his house. The two friends cooked the meat and shared with another friend. In the night, Gunathilake had asked for the cooked meat.

Gunathilake had committed the crime when Sirisena had told him that the curry was over.

State counsel Chaturangi Mahawaduge led the prosecution.