Bribery case: Ex-OIC discharged after paying fine

The Colombo High Court yesterday discharged former Wellawatta OIC U.I. Abeyratne Weerasekara convicted with bribery charges after he paid the Rs. 57,000 fine.

The former Officer in Charge of the Wellawatta Police was convicted on January 16, 2009 for accepting Rs, 235,935 in 2006 as bribe after he pleaded guilty to three separate cases before Colombo High Court Judge Kumudini Wickramasinghe.

Chief Inspector Weerasekara was indicted with 19 charges in three separate cases by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption for accepting inducements in 2006 while he was the OIC attached to the Wellawatta Police.

The Court sentenced Weerasekara to a suspended sentence of 38 years, Court also imposed a fine of Rs 57,000 and another 19 years RI in default.

SM