Attorney General Eva Wanasundera has expressed the opinion that a Presidential pardon for former General Sarath Fonseka would not be possible until appeals against his conviction, already filed in courts, are determined or withdrawn.

An Army deserter opened fire on his 20-year-old girlfriend and her 46-year-old mother at Kurudugahamada in Katugastota last morning killing them both, before shooting himself and sustaining injuries, police said.