Murder in Holiday Inn Express Katong Square hotel: Husband murders Wife

Man, 30, is arrested for alleged murdering his 32-year-old wife at a hotel.

On Saturday, September 9th between 10:45am and 16:42pm, Eshan Tharaka Koottage is accused for murdering his wife Diyawinnage Sewwandi Maduka Kumari. By the time the officers arrived to the scene, they found the woman lying motionless with a slash wound in her hotel room. The man was arrested at Marine Parade Neighbourhood Police Centre.

The accused requested through an interpreter to speak to the Sri Lankan High Commission to engage a lawyer and asked for the state to provide him a lawyer, but was told he could not communicate with anyone at this juncture. He will return to court on Sep 18. Offenders convicted of murder can either face the death penalty or be jailed for life and caned.

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