The London Westminster Court imposed Pounds 2400 fine on Sri Lanka’s High Commission in London’s former Defense Advisor, Brigadier Priyanka Fernando for violating the Public Order Act, after a protracted legal battle.
Westminster Magistrate’s Court upheld a previous ruling that Sri Lanka’s Brigadier Priyanka Fernando ‘is not protected by diplomatic immunity’.
“I have no doubt he intended to cause at the least alarm. They were purposeful gestures, made as the Brigadier was staring at these protesters.The Brigadier was a senior officer in uniform wearing medals. Unlike the other senior officer there, his body language appeared to be arrogant and intimidating. There were three gestures and not just one.
In the context of the relationship between Sri Lanka and Tamil Eelam protesters, he must have known that it would have been alarming at the very least to the protesters who saw him do this,” Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot in her ruling said.
Fernando was found guilty of violating section 4A of the Public Order Act.
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