Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya yesterday (22) issued orders for the second time reminding the director of the Colombo National Hospital (CNH) to submit to the court the records containing the patient’s bed number and all the medical treatments given to Dinesh Schaffter when the deceased was admitted to the intensive care unit, within two days.
The Magistrate said that although more than a week has passed since the court issued the first order, the said reports have not been received by the court.
She ordered a reminder letter to be sent to the director of the Colombo National Hospital, asking him to submit the relevant reports immediately.
Since the post-mortem report issued by the Judicial Medical Officer on the death of Mr. Schaffter does not mention his bed number, the Magistrate issued the order to submit details of treatment given to the deceased on 15/12/2022 as per a request made by the counsel of the deceased’s family on February 14.
Magistrate Jayasuriya decided that she will appoint a five-member committee next week to prepare a report on the death of Mr.Schaffter after the Criminal Investigation Department informed the court that the Government’s Analyst’s report stated that the water bottle used by the deceased, the cable wire that had been used to strangle him and the zip tie that was said to have been used to tie his hands contained foreign DNA samples.
The Magistrate also said that an order was issued to immediately submit the photographs and video footage taken during the death investigation to the court and that the said reports had been received by the court.
The Magistrate said the court has received the reports of Dr. Nalin who was attending to the body of the deceased and the CD containing the photographs of scenes of crime officers (SOCO) of the Borella Police.
