IP and Constable sentenced to 28 years RI for bribery

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – An Inspector of Police (IP) and a Constable have been sentenced to 28 years rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court, after they were found guilty of soliciting a bribe of Rs 10,000.

Colombo High Court Judge Shashi Mahendran delivered the sentence today and also ordered the defendants to pay a fine of Rs 20,000 each in addition to the prison sentence.

They were arrested by officers of the Bribery Commission while accepting the aforementioned amount as a bribe while the commission subsequently filed a case before the Colombo High Court.

Following a lengthy trial which lasted for over 10 years, the court declared that the charges leveled against the accused have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt and therefore sentenced them to 28 year RI.