Social worker guilty of culpable homicide

Kapila Somaratne - Panadura group corr.

A social worker in Rividewgama, Panadura was found guilty of committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder and was sentenced to eight years rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 10,000 in default of six months imprisonment by the Chilaw Provincial High Court Judge Malanee Gunaratne presiding at the Panadura Provincial High Court.

The accused, Mahathelge Desmond Peiris who was Rividewgama United Community Society President was indicted by the Attorney General for the death of Gayan Lakmal, a 22-year-old youth at Rividewgama, Parattha, Panadura in 2004.

The medical report revealed that there were 10 stab injuries on the body of the deceased.