Death sentence for Vidya murder convicts confirmed again

The Supreme Court today confirmed the death sentences awarded to four people sentenced to death for the rape and murder of Sivaloganathan Vidya.

On September 27, 2015, a three-judge bench of the Jaffna High Court convicted and sentenced four convicts, including Mahalingam Shashikumar alias Swiss Kumar, to death for the murder of Sivaloganathan Vidya.

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, today decided to dismiss the appeal petitions filed by them against that verdict.