Court finds Sri Lankan soldier guilty of threatening Tamil protesters in London
Brigadier Priyanka Fernando threatened Tamil protesters outside the Sri Lankan High Commission in London on 4th February 2018 (Photo by Sabeshraj Sathiyamoorthy)
A BRITISH judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a Sri Lankan army officer who was found guilty today of committing public order offences in London.
Brigadier Priyanka Fernando, who did not attend court, was convicted of causing three Tamil activists “harassment, alarm and distress.”
Westminster magistrates’ court saw video footage of him making throat-slitting gestures at Tamils who were protesting outside the Sri Lankan embassy in London last February.
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