Judges Priyantha Liyanage and Thilakaratne Bandara delivered the majority verdict, while Judge Viraj Weerasuriya issued a dissenting judgment, reports Xinhua news agency. However, Jayasundara failed to take measures to prevent the attacks, the court said. The majority judges said Jayasundara had neglected his responsibilities as the state official appointed to prevent crime and protect the public. In his dissenting judgment, Weerasuriya said the prosecution had failed to prove the charges against Jayasundara beyond a reasonable doubt and acquitted him. Later on the same day, the court also found former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando guilty over his failure to act on intelligence warnings ahead of the 2019 terror attacks, and sentenced him to death.