FAMOUS CRIMINAL CASES OF SRI LANKA (8)

Softcover. The 8th in the Famous Criminal Cases of Sri Lanka series. Case featured : The Galenbindunuwewa Murder Case. On May 6th, 1973, police sergeant Neil Gunawardene was charged with the murder of a young woman who had been his mistress. Her body was found near the police station - she had been strangled. Two trials and appeals lasted 8yrs., then the prisoner was finally released. A remarkable case of circumstantial evidence which took so long to resolve that sympathy shifted to the young man who it was felt had been sorely provoked. Illus. 78pp. trade size p/back. The author was formerly Solicitor General and Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. F. with no creasing to covers.