Seya Sadewmi's killer sentenced to death

Ilandari Pedige Saman Jayalath, the main suspect in the rape and murder of four-year-old Seya Sadewmi in Kotadeniyawa, has been sentenced to death by the Negombo High Court. High court judge Champa Janaki Rajaratne announced the verdict today. The murder took place on the 11th of September last year. The case against the suspect was filed directly at the high courts by the attorney general.