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Ranjith Kankanamalage: Homophobic attacker found guilty of murder

A homophobic man who has an obsession with hammer attacks has been convicted of murdering Ranjith ‘Roy’ Kankanamalage in an east London cemetery. Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable and/or upset. Erik Field, 37, hid in the shadows before launching himself at the victim, the Old Bailey heard. Ranjith was hit 12 times in the face and head with the hammer, resulting in what has been described as “catastrophic” injuries. The 50-year-old’s body was ultimately found in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park in the…

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Victim of “homophobic hate crime” found dead in cemetery named by police

The victim of a suspected homophobic murder has been named by police as 50-year-old Ranjith Kankanamalage. Kankanamalage’s body was found dead in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, East London, in the early hours of 16 August. The 50-year-old, who was known as Roy by friends, was declared deceased at the scene by members of the London Ambulance Service who arrived at around 6.30am. He was found to have a head injury and a post-mortem examination later ruled that the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. In a…

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