Sasikaran Thanapalasingam

• Toronto man found guilty of murdering estranged wife with machete in 2019

  Madam Justice Anne Molloy delivered her verdict in a downtown Toronto courtroom Tuesday after the judge-alone trial which began last fall.

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  May 30, 2023
  
• Man on trial for murdering estranged wife with machete blames ex for his depression

  'I didn't do anything; I don't even like to kill a small bird,' Sasikaran Thanapalasingam said, adding he has been suffering from depression ever since his wife left him.

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  Nov 22, 2022
  
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• Man on trial for murder of estranged wife with machete

  Sasikaran Thanapalasingam has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. What is at issue is whether Thanapalasingam formed the intent to murder his ex-partner that day.

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  Nov 16, 2022
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• Toronto victim of machete attack likely had no choice but to report abuse: domestic violence expert

  “I think that she was incredibly brave, and I don’t know that a peace bond or a restraining order is sufficient to protect a woman. I don’t think the system was made to protect her."

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  Sep 13, 2019
• Toronto man charged with 1st-degree murder after estranged wife dies in machete attack

  Twenty-seven-year-old Tharshika Jeganathan died near her Scarborough home Wednesday evening.

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  Sep 12, 2019