FREEDOM AFTER 30 YEARS DEATH ROW INMATE FREED FROM A 30 YEAR OLD MURDER CASE AS COURT FINDS IDENTIFICATION EVIDENCE UNRELIABLE

Serious doubts regarding existed the reliability of the identification evidence relied upon by the prosecution. | The husband of a neighbour woman who had died from a snakebite allegedly believed that Rosalin Nona and her relatives were responsible for the death through sorcery. | The Court further observed that police officers who arrived at the scene shortly after the incident were unable to locate the bodies that night due to poor visibility. The bodies were discovered only the following day.

- LAKMAL SOORIYAGODA

The Court of Appeal has acquitted a man who had been sentenced to death for a double murder committed over 30 years ago, ruling that serious doubts existed regarding the reliability of the identification evidence relied upon by the prosecution.