Mother and son sentenced to death for killing son's wife

COLOMBO (News 1st) -The Colombo High Court Judge Pradeep Hettiarachchi ordered capital punishment for a man and woman for the homicide of a woman. The case revealed that the man had burnt his wife to death with the assistance of his mother. It was further revealed that the mother had soaked the victim with kerosene and the son has set her on fire. The homicide was carried out due to a family dispute in 2007.