Ratnapura High Court Judge – Ms. Lanka Jayaratne on Monday (19 Feb.) issued the death sentence against the accused in a twin murders in the Kotakethana area in 2012.
The convict named Neil Lakshman is said to be a resident of the same area.
He was ordered to be hanged at the Welikada Prison until dead at a date and time declared by the President.
The twin murders in 2012, where a mother and daughter in Kotakethana were found killed, sent shockwaves through the nation.
