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title: "Colombo HC sentences couple to death for torturing adopted child"
url: https://www.lankaxpress.com/colombo-hc-sentences-couple-to-death-for-torturing-adopted-child/
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date: 2025-03-06
modified: 2025-03-06
markdown_url: https://www.lankaxpress.com/colombo-hc-sentences-couple-to-death-for-torturing-adopted-child.md
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# Colombo HC sentences couple to death for torturing adopted child

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The Colombo High Court has sentenced a couple to death after they were found guilty of torturing their two-year-old adopted child to death.

Following an extended hearing of the case, Colombo High Court Judge Sujeewa Nissanka issued the verdict today (06), Ada Derana reporter said.