A Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar has sentenced former Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara to death over charges related to the failure to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks despite receiving prior intelligence warnings.
The verdict was delivered in the case filed by the Attorney General against former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando over allegations of failing to take adequate action after receiving information about a possible attack.
The case had earlier resulted in the two accused being acquitted in 2022.
However, following an appeal by the Attorney General and directions from the Supreme Court, the trial proceedings were reconsidered with defence evidence being heard again.
