Criminal case against Army officer

The case of criminal intimidation against an Army officer who had allegedly threatened an Attorney-at-Law and the plaintiff of a civil case, a senior judicial officer on the phone on the date where summons were served for filing a civil case in the District Court of Mt Lavinia against his mother-in-law was taken up for further trial on Friday January 21 before Mt Lavinia Additional Magistrate Chrysanthi Dodangoda.

The accused in this case is a Major of the Sri Lanka Army, residing at Ratmalana.

The accused is charged with criminal intimidation of the lawyer who filed the civil case on behalf of the plaintiff, in the case who is a senior judicial officer.

Sub Inspector Siripala of the Mt Lavinia Police, gave evidence before the Additional Magistrate on the investigations conducted by him into the incident.

A complaint made to the Military Police too was marked in evidence.

Senior State Counsel Dilan Ratnayake, conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Attorney-General while Attorney-at-Law Mary Dickman appeared for the defence.

Further trial was put off for April 1, 2011 by the Additional Magistrate.