{"id":159257,"date":"2016-03-15T12:54:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T07:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=159257"},"modified":"2016-10-19T03:38:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T22:08:24","slug":"justice-for-seya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/justice-for-seya\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice For Seya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Negombo High Court today issued a death sentence to Samantha Jayalath, the main suspect in the rape and murder of five year old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Seya&amp;x=9&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seya Sadewmi<\/span><\/a> of Kotadeniyawa.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/seyas-death-who-is-to-be-blamed\/sadeumi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-151074\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-151074 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sadeumi.jpg\" alt=\"sadeumi\" width=\"64\" height=\"33\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sadeumi.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sadeumi-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The death sentence was issued by the Negombo High Court Judge Champa Rajarathne, who also sentenced the suspect to 60 years of jail for abducting, abusing and raping the five year old child.<\/p>\n<p>Seya went missing from her home in September last year, and her body was discovered several days later. 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