Royal Park murderer gets death sentence
The Court of Appeal this morning handed down the death sentence to the accused in the Royal Park murder case setting aside an earlier High Court judgment which sentenced the man to 12 years imprisonment and a fine.
The Court of Appeal sentence was handed down in response to an appeal filed by the Attorney General’s Department that the High Court sentence be enhanced.
Shermantha Jude Jayamaha, was found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced to 12 years rigorous imprisonment for the 2005 murder of 19 year old Yvonne Jonsson.
While the accused appealed to the Court of Appeal to set aside the conviction and the sentence the Attorney General filed a parallel appeal asking that a stiffer sentence be handed down to the suspect.