The Court of Appeal has acquitted SLPP Parliamentarian Premalal Jayasekara alias "Choka Malli" and two others who were sentenced to death by the Ratnapura High Court.
The three suspects were sentenced to death on 31 July 2020 on charges pertaining to the fatal shooting incident in Kahawatte during the Presidential Election in 2015.
After considering the appeals filed by the defendants, the Court of Appeal ordered the three defendants to be acquitted.
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