Car thief sentenced and fined

A man who robbed a motor car was fined Rs. 50,000 and sentenced to six years imprisonment by the Kurunegala High Court Judge Menaka Wijesundara when the case came up before her yesterday (19) morning.

The accused Tikiribanda Pathirana of Polgahawela Police area robbed a motor car worth Rs.1,013,000 at gun point from a man who had come to Sunday fair at Pothuhera on April 6, 2006.

State Counsel Akila Amunugama prosecuted while Attorney-at-Law Sirisena Palliyaguru appeared for the defence.