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Retired
judge back to the Bar He earlier
practised at the Kalutara Courts before becoming a judge and came
to the limelight when he was the trial Judge in a criminal libel
action where the President was the virtual complainant. Presidential Media Director Janadasa Peiris refused to comment on the issue. Death
of Justice Jayasooriya He was a student of St. Joseph's College and entered the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya for higher studies. In the university he excelled in Latin, Western History and English. Thereafter he joined the Law College and passed out as an advocate. He was appointed
as a magistrate by the Judicial Service Commission and was promoted
to High Courts in 1985 and to the Court of Appeal in 1995. He retired
from the service in 1999. Justice Jayasooriya
was a judge in many benchmark cases. He served as a lecturer in
the Law Faculty of the Colombo University and was also a member
of a Special Presidential Commission which looked into the malpractices
of a one-time senior government official. He was a sportsman too in his younger days playing cricket for both the University and the Law College. Stabbed
golfer recovering slowly After three
days in the ICU he is still receiving treatment at the National
Hospital. Nandasena had suffered three deep stab injuries on his
stomach and chest and cut injuries on his lips and right hand. Although
he is out of danger, Nandasena remained sceptical about being able
to play again for a reasonable time period due to the cut injury
on his hand. Speaking from
the hospital bed he charged that the attack had been organised by
a man living on the same street he lived in. Nandasena was
returning home on a bicycle around 7.50 p.m. on Saturday when two
men armed sprang from a bush and held him. "They
threatened me with a knife and asked me to hand over my purse, rings
and other valuables I was wearing. I pretended to pull out my purse,
and then pushed the bicycle at them and tried to run, but they stabbed
me twice", he recalls. Attempts to resist their attack only
resulted in Nandasena sustaining more injuries. "I fought back
as they struggled to grab my purse and remove my rings and in the
process, my right thumb and lips got cut" he said. Nandasena was
just 150 km away from his home on Lake Drive Road when the attack
took place. The absence of people on the road due to the heavy rain
that night made it easy for the assailants to carry out the attack
and run way with a purse full of money. "I always
carry some money and on that day I had more than Rs. 30,000 in my
purse," Nandasena said. While there was no grudge between him
and the attackers, the only motive was to rob, he alleged. "I saw
this man who lives down my road at the scene of the incident and
I am positive he had been involved". Two of the suspects involved
in the incident and later arrested were also familiar faces to Nandasena.
"Doctors are not able to tell me if it would be really bad, but I'm a little worried that I may not have a good grip" he said.
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