Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- Ratnapura High Court judge Lanka Jayaratne imposed the death sentence on a convict who was indicted for double murder at Kotakethana in Ratnapura.

Prosecuted entirely based on DNA evidence by Senior Deputy Solicitor General (SDSG) Lakmali Karunanayake, court found accused Neil Lakshman guilty of the murder of a mother and daughter in Kotakethana in 2012.

The accused was indicted for raping the daughter and committing the double murder. According to the evidence the house where the murders were committed was set on fire to destroy all evidence.

The Kotakethana area became notorious for a series of mysterious killings and during the trial it transpired that the multiple murder was also connected to the first ever 's...