Seven Suspects in Vidya’s  Murder Case Sentenced to Death

Seven Suspects in Vidya’s  Murder Case Sentenced to Death

The Three-member Trial-at-Bar Chaired by Vavuniya High Court Judge Balendran Shashi Mahendran has completed  reading 332 pages   judgement . The  other High Court Judge Anthalingam Premashankar has announced  that the  judgement delivered by Shashi Mahendran is the  judgement of him as well .  Followed by this  Jaffna High Court Judge Maniccavasagar Ilanchelian  read 345 pages judgement in a short brief and passed death sentence on  the following 7 suspects.
2nd  suspect Poobalasingham Jeyakumar alias Ravi
3rd suspect Poobalasingham Thavakumar
4th suspect Mahalingam Shashidaren
5th  suspect Thilalainathan Chandrakasan
6th suspect Shivaderan Kushanthan
8th suspect Jeyadaran Kokilan
9th suspect Mahalingam Shashikumar alias Swiss Kumar
In addition they were sentenced to  30 years life imprisonment  and fined  40,000 . In addition they were ordered to pay Rs 1 million as compensation to the  mother of murdered Vidya.
charges against 1st and 7th  suspects  were not proved beyond reasonable doubts. Hence, they were released .