Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar rejects Pujith Jayasundara’s request to amend dock statement

By Bhagya Silva

Colombo, April 24 (Daily Mirror) - The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar today rejected a request by former Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara, an accused in the Easter Sunday bomb attacks case, seeking permission to add fresh facts to a statement he had made from the dock.

The accused is facing charges including criminal negligence and dereliction of duty for allegedly failing to take action to prevent the Easter Sunday bomb attacks despite receiving prior intelligence warnings.