An appeal filed by a former army staff sergeant against his conviction and the death sentence over Mirusuvil murder case was yesterday fixed for hearing by the Supreme Court.
When the appeal was taken up before the Supreme Court, five-judge bench comprising Justices Buwaneka Aluvihare, Sisira de Abrew, Priyantha Jayawardena, Upaly abeyratne, and Anil Goonaratne, the matter was fixed for hearing on June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, and 14.
Petitioner R.M. Sunil Ratnayake, a staff sergeant attached to Sri Lanka Army, was sentenced to death by Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar bench on June 25, 2015 after he was found guilty for murdering eight Tamil civilians at Mirusuvil in Jaffna on December 19, 2000.
The Trial-at-bar bench found former Staff Sergeant was guilty for 17 counts.
Four other accused, Second Lieutenant R.W. Senaka Munasinghe, T.M. Jayaratne, S.A. Pushpa Saman Kumara, and Gamini Munasinghe were not found guilty for the charges. They were acquitted and released.
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