Ailing Sicille comes in wheelchair ....
remanded again without bail
Sicille Priya Kamini Kotelawala the sixth defendant of the law suit filed against whom there are 91 allegations including misappropriation of a sum of money exceeding Rs. 720 crores deposited with Golden Key Credit Card Company, came to courts yesterday in a wheelchair.
She was noticed by the eagle-eyed police when she came to Sri Lanka after hiding overseas and was taken into
custody and within just a few hours after that she had to seek the support of a wheelchair, having felt sick all of a sudden. She came to courts in that condition yesterday and Mr. Manilal Waidyathillaka, Colombo High Court Judge ordered that she be remanded till April 27th. The Judge issued this order having rejected the request to grant her bail on the appeal made on behalf of the defendant. The High Court who considered the appeal made by Mr. Saliya Peiris, Attorney-at-Law appearing on behalf of the defendant had ordered that she be produced to High Courts last 16th. As such, the defendant who at present is presently undergoing treatment at the National Hospital was brought to courts complex in an ambulance by prison officials and steps were taken to admit her to the courtroom in a wheelchair.Senior Attorney-at-Law Mr. Saliya Peiris who placed the relevant facts in the presence of the courts on behalf of the defendant said that his client though had gone to England on 28th December 2008 for purposes of taking treatment had once again returned to Sri Lanka in an indisposed condition. The defendant's Lawyer then requested that she be released under a suitable bail condition as she who is currently suffering from a severe heart ailment and mentally sick condition and under such conditions she would under no circumstances stay away from courts in future. State Counsel Mr. Dilan Ratnayaka who appeared on behalf of the Attorney General pointed out that even after the case commenced, the defendant had been someone who had been avoiding courts for a period of over four years and for that very reason he strictly opposed she being released on bail.
Mr. Jaliya Samarasingha who appeared on behalf of the prejudiced depositors pointed out that it is the depositors of the Company who are prone to mental pressure and not the defendant, thereby appealing to courts to refrain from granting her bail. The Judge who considered points brought forward by all parties pointed out through his decree that since it is revealed that the defendant is the wife of Lalith Kotelawala the latter of whom is the main shareholder of Golden Key Credit Card Company and that she is a main shareholder of that Company, his court under such circumstances decide not to grant her bail.