Athas
case appeal put off
The Court of Appeal this week postponed the appeal in the case of
intimidation of Defence Correspondent and Consultant Editor of The
Sunday Times, Iqbal Athas for January 19, 2005. The case was taken
up before Justices Chandradasa Nanayakkara and Gamini Abeyratne.
The
appeal was made by former Air Force Squadron Leaders H.M. Rukman
Herath (now deceased) and D.S. Prasanna Kannangara against the sentence
meted out to them by the High Court on February 7, 2002. The court
has allowed an application by Mr. Herath's father to intervene on
his son's behalf. Senior State Counsel Dapula De Livera appeared
for the Attorney General while President's Counsel Ranjith Abeysuriya,
PC appeared for the appellants. |