Man gets 33-year jail term for 'ignoring' ex-wife

Colombo: An individual, who was ordered by the court to pay maintenance for his wife and children, was delivered a 33-year jail sentence on charges of defaulting payment continuously and contempt of Court.

Chandima Edirimanne , the Additional Magistrate cum Additional District Judge, Anuradhapura, imposed the sentence against the suspect, HM Gnanasekera, residing at Baseline Road , Colombo 09.

The suspect had been married to a woman of the Thalakolawewa Kallanchiya Division, and later she had filed a maintenance case against the suspect in the Anuradhapura Courts.

The court after trying the case had given an order that the plaintiff should be paid maintenance.

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