A Sri Lankan brigadier who motioned death threats to Tamil protestors in London last year has been found guilty by a British court of violating the Public Order Act, after a protracted legal battle, reports said yesterday.
The Westminster Magistrate’s Court upheld a previous ruling that Sri Lanka’s Brigadier Priyanka Fernando “is not protected by diplomatic immunity”, despite pleas made by Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry.
“I have no doubt that the cut-throat gestures were made on 4th February 2018,” said Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot in her ruling.
(Colombo Gazette)