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Balanced read: Yvonne's case is a major Sri Lankan justice timeline focused on conviction history, pardon controversy, and renewed extradition efforts.
| # | Date | Text / Quote | Links / Copies | Publication | Notes |
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| 1 | 2024-06-06 | Supreme Court judgment records the 2005 killing, the 2012 death-sentence appeal result, and later nullifies both presidential pardons. | https://supremecourt.lk/wp-content/uploads/judgements/sc_fr_446_19.pdf | Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (SC (F/R) 446/2019) | Primary legal source; strongest base for chronology and constitutional holdings. |
| 2 | 2012-07-12 | Daily FT reported the Court of Appeal replacing the 12-year term with a death sentence in the Royal Park case. | https://www.ft.lk/Uncategorized/court-imposes-death-penalty-in-high-profile-royal-park-murder-case/1-97707 | Daily FT | Useful contemporaneous trial-history reporting; pair with court records for precision. |
| 3 | 2025-07-29 | Daily FT reported an AG update that a red warrant was obtained following the Supreme Court extradition direction. | https://www.ft.lk/news/Red-warrant-obtained-against-Royal-Park-convict--AG/56-779612 | Daily FT | Tracks post-judgment enforcement progress; treat as process update pending final custody outcome. |
| 4 | 2025-07-26 | A Daily Mirror feature marked Yvonne's 20th death anniversary and framed the case as a cross-border accountability test. | https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/news-features/The-Royal-Park-murder-20th-death-anniversary-of-Yvonne-Jonsson-She-was-almost-home-but-never-came/131-315228 | Daily Mirror | Family-voice context adds human stakes; preserve attribution and avoid presenting it as court finding. |
