Court Rejects Shashi Weerawansa Appeal, Upholds Prison Sentence

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo High Court today (11) rejected an appeal filed by Shashi Weerawansa, the wife of former minister Wimal Weerawansa, challenging the sentence imposed on her over the possession of an irregular passport.

Delivering the judgment, Colombo High Court Judge Manjula Thilakaratne affirmed the decision of the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, stating that the earlier ruling against the appellant would stand.

Shashi Weerawansa had been convicted in 2022 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, which sentenced her to two years of imprisonment along with a fine of Rs. 100,000 after finding her guilty of the relevant charge.

Subsequently, she filed an appeal before the Colombo High Court, seeking to be acquitted of both the prison sentence and the fine imposed by the lower court.