Sri Lanka, Oct. 15 -- An Australian woman who arrived in Sri Lanka to testify in a case involving an alleged Rs. 25 million fraud returned without giving evidence because an interpreter failed to appear in court.

The Criminal Investigation Department filed the case before the Nuwara Eliya High Court.

High Court Judge Daminda Ramanayake previously scheduled the trial for October 14 and 15 when the case was called on June 17.

Court officials received orders on that day to summon a language interpreter from the Hatton Judicial Zone to record testimony from the first witness, an Australian national named Melesa Edward.

Melesa Edward appeared before the High Court alongside her lawyers, Sanjeewa Anthony and Arawinda Habakkala, when the cas...