A teenager from Huyton who admitted the fatal stabbing of a Sri Lankan shop worker has been cleared of murder. Mahesh Wickramasingha, 30, died after being stabbed in the throat by 19-year-old Sam Harrison on 29 November 2011. Harrison denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Liverpool Crown Court. The jury accepted that Harrison had not meant to kill his victim. He was ordered to ser...

By Cheranka Mendis As you walk in to the children’s ward at the National Cancer Institute of Maharagama you cannot help but feel a lump in your throat, tears threaten to spill over and sobs have to be choked back. Turning towards you will be these little faces – eyes big as saucers, lips sometimes ...

Dutch prosecutors have demanded sentences ranging from 10 to 16 years for five ethnic Tamils accused of raising millions of euros (dollars) in the Netherlands to finance the Tamil Tigers’ fight for an independent homeland in Sri Lanka.

Dutch prosecutors Tuesday (27) asked for jail sentences between 10 to 16 years against five suspected Tamil Tigers for aiding the LTTE from the Netherlands, including collecting funds. “We are asking for long sentences. The suspects were consciously involved in an international terrorist organisation,” quoting prosecutor Ward Ferdindessen, AFP reported. The prosecution asked for three ...

Dutch prosecutors have demanded sentences ranging from 10 to 16 years for five ethnic Tamils accused of raising millions of euros (dollars) in the Netherlands to finance the Tamil Tigers’ fight for an independent homeland in Sri Lanka. .

Sept 27, The Hague- The Dutch prosecutors trying five Sri Lankan Tamils accused of extorting money from other Dutch Tamils in the Netherlands are seeking long prison terms, the Associated Press reported.

German police have arrested six men suspected of raising funds for the Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel group.