A female pedestrian has died after being struck by a passenger transport bus near the private bus stand at Bastian Mawatha, Pettah, last evening.

According to the Police, the woman who had sustained injuries in the accident later died after being admitted to the Colombo National Hospital.

The identity of the deceased has not yet been confirmed, but investigations so far have revealed that she was a beggar woman.

The bus driver has been taken into custody, and further investigations are being carried out by the Pettah Police. (Newswire)

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The Colombo High Court has sentenced to death a man who was convicted of the 2015 murder of a woman at a lodge in Sea Street, Colombo, and dumping her body stuffed in a suitcase at the Bastion Mawatha bus depot in Colombo.

The Attorney General had filed a case against the defendant, Patrick Krishnaraja, before the Colombo High Court, regarding the incident of the murder of a woman named Dharmaraja Karthika on July 29, 2015. 

After a lengthy trial, Colombo High Court Judge Aditya Patabendige announced the verdict and stated that the defendant was found guilty of the relevant charges.

The defendant, who appeared before the court before sentencing, stated that he was innocent of the charges. 

However, the judge stated in his verdict that since the charges levelled against the accused by the prosecution have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt, he is found guilty of those charges and accordingly sentenced to death. (Newswire)

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