 Chandrasekera, who was known as Gina, has been freed from jail
|
A woman who killed her husband with an axe because he had an affair with her niece has been freed by a judge after serving 10 months in prison on remand.Wadanahalugeder Chandrasekera, 59, of Port Close, in Bearsted, Kent, had admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Woolwich Crown Court heard she had suffered mental abuse at the hands of her 57-year-old husband, Sarath. She was given a three-year community order on Tuesday. The couple, who had two children, were separated when Chandrasekera discovered her husband was living with her niece and they had a daughter together. During one of his visits to the family home in Bearsted on 22 October last year, she struck him 11 times with an axe. Chandrasekera was originally charged with murder, but her guilty plea to manslaughter was then accepted.
 Sarath Chandrasekera died from multiple injuries
|
Det Insp Derek Cuss said: "Two psychiatric reports stated that at the time she committed this offence, she was both depressed and desperate. "This was a tragic and sad case whereby the defendant had been subjected to a number of years of emotional abuse. "It was a horrific crime and we don't condone that. "However, there were unique and exceptional circumstances surrounding this incident and I think this was reflected in the judgment." A statement from the couple's son and daughter - Thusara, 24, and Harshani, 20 - said: "We love both our parents dearly and don't blame anyone for the break-up of the family. "We did not want to lose another parent [and] we are grateful to the court for releasing our mother." The judge at Woolwich Crown Court concluded that Chandrasekera had not planned to kill her husband, but said she would have to live the rest of her life with the knowledge that he died at her hands. |
and yet they wanted to put that poor old bastard away for LIFE for shooting the azzholes that were ROBBING HIM!!!