
After a prolonged trial in the Galle High Court, the verdict in a long-standing murder case has actually been announced, with the implicated being sentenced to death.The 50-year-old accused, a resident of the Imaduwa area, was convicted for devoting homicide on February 6, 2000, by intentionally electrocuting to death a person utilizing an unauthorized electrical power connection in the Koratuhenagoda area within the Imaduwa cops division.The death sentence was bied far yesterday (16) following the conclusion of the trial at the Galle High Court.