Former DIG Vass Gunawardena, his son Ravindu Gunawardena and four others appealed to the Supreme Court against the death sentence delivered by the Colombo High Court in the Mohamed Shiyam murder trial.

The six convicted individuals, through their lawyers, filed petitions with the Registrar Office at the Colombo High Court today.

Former DIG Vaas Gunawardena, his son Ravindu Gunawardena, Sub Inspector Indika Bamunuge, Police Constable Gamini Sarath Chandra, PC Priyanka Sanjeewa and PC Kelum Ranga were sentenced to death by Colombo High Court trial-at-bar on November 27, for the murder of businessman Mohamed Shiyam in 2013.