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Colombo High Court Judge Wikum Kaluarachchi has ordered to acquit and release the female suspect, who had been arrested and remanded in connection with the double murder of a mother and daughter in Kotakethana in 2012. The Attorney General had filed a case against Lokugam Hewage Darshana alias Raju and his wife Ashoka Chandani Kumari alias Batti for the murder of 52-year-old Nayana Nilmini and her daughter named Kavindya Chathurangi (17). After a lengthy trial, the defense attorneys had requested for the release of the accused without calling the defense witnesses. Accordingly, the Colombo High Court Judge Wikum Kaluarachchi ordered the acquittal and release of the defendant Ashoka Chandani Kumari, as the plaintiffs failed to prove the charges against her beyond any reasonable dou...

Moscow faces a deadline of midnight tonight to explain why a Russian-made nerve agent was used in the poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The PM said it was "highly likely" Russia was responsible for the attack in Salisbury, Wiltshire, last Sunday. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said it appeared the "really egregious act... clearly came from Russia" and there should be "serious consequences". Moscow called the claims "unfounded". Home Secretary Amber Rudd will chair a meeting of the government's emergencies committee Cobra later to discuss the case. Former double agent Mr Skripal, 66, and his daughter, Yulia, 33, were found slumped on a bench in Salisbury city centre. They remain in a critical but stable condition in hospital. Det Sgt Nic...

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Female suspect in Kotakethana double murder acquitted

Russian spy: Deadline for Moscow over spy poison attack