June 11, LNW (Colombo): The Colombo High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Shashi Weerawansa, wife of former MP Wimal Weerawansa, seeking to overturn her conviction and sentence in a diplomatic passport case.
Delivering the judgment, High Court Judge Manjula Thilakaratne affirmed the earlier ruling of the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, which found her guilty of providing false personal information to obtain a diplomatic passport.
The original verdict, delivered in 2022, sentenced Weerawansa to two years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs. 100,000.
With the appeal rejected, the High Court has upheld both the conviction and the sentence handed down by the lower court.