Colombo, Oct. 7 – The Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence imposed on G.G. Amarasinghe, alias “Julampitiya Amare,” a notorious underworld figure from the Julampitiya area in Hambantota, for a double murder committed in 2012.
A bench of Justices Janak de Silva, Sobhitha Rajakaruna, and Sampath Wijerathne dismissed Amarasinghe’s appeal against the Tangalle High Court verdict, confirming the death penalty.
Amarasinghe had sought acquittal through his legal counsel, but the appeal was rejected without a full hearing.
He was convicted of shooting and killing two individuals and critically injuring another during a Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) meeting in Katuwana in 2012.
The Attorney General filed the case before the Tangalle High Court, which sentenced him to death — a ruling now affirmed by the Supreme Court.
