Sarath Ambepitiya
Sarath Ambepitiya | |
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| Judge of the High Court of Sri Lanka in Colombo | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1946 |
| Died | 19 November 2004 (aged 58) |
| Manner of death | Assassination by gunshot |
| Alma mater | Royal College Colombo, Sri Lanka Law College |
| Profession | lawyer, judge |
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Sarath Ambepitiya (November 19, 1946 – November 19, 2004) was a Sri Lankan jurist. He was serving as a Judge of the Colombo High Court when he was assassinated. The assassination, orchestrated by a drug lord sentenced by the judge, gripped the nation and forced the government to crack down on organized crime.