British woman, 60, spends life savings on 27-year-old Sri Lankan boyfriend

Woman now says Priyanjana never really loved her to begin with


News Desk November 22, 2018
Diane De Zoysa, 60, spent her entire £90,000 life savings on her husband Priyanjana De Zoysa, 27, and was left stranded in Sri Lanka following his murder. PHOTO COURTESY: MAIL ONLINE

A 60-year-old British woman who spent her entire life savings to be with her Sri Lankan boyfriend, 27, has now returned home after admitting he did not really love her, Mail Online reported.


Diane De Zoysa spent her entire £90,000 life savings on her husband Priyanjana De Zoysa and was left stranded in Sri Lanka following his murder.


However, she finally returned home - without a penny to her name.


She had sold her home in Musselburgh, East Lothian, two years back, using the money to build a house in Sri Lanka and then buy her husband a minibus in Colombo.


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Priyanjana was killed by gangsters last year, leaving Diane stranded in the country and she finally landed at Edinburgh Airport after a 20-hour journey.


Speaking about her husband's death, Diane said that she was left stranded, with Priyanjana's family keeping her "under house arrest", refusing to let her sell her house and demanding cash from her pension.


She said that, "I just couldn't stay there any longer. I kind of feel stupid now that I didn't listen to my family and my friends because they said it was just about the money."


'I thought he did really love me but obviously he didn't.




PHOTO COURTESY: MAIL ONLINE PHOTO COURTESY: MAIL ONLINE

'My husband's family virtually had me under house arrest for two years. I couldn't go anywhere – not even to the beach.'


Diane paid £57,000 for the house, which was built close to her husband’s family home and a further £31,000 for a minibus for him to drive as employment.


She said she managed to get away from her husband's family and stay with some friends.


She added that she invested all she had into the move and still owes £4000 on her credit card.


She now says that she will try and rebuild her life after returning to Scotland.


She also suspects her husband had a second wife after she found some paperwork in his personal belongings.


She initially met husband Priyanjana while on holiday in 2011, enjoying a whirlwind romance with the hotel worker.


Diane ended up marrying him after returning to Sri Lanka seven months later, before moving to the country full-time in 2015.


However, she has previously described how she believes that the marriage was all about the money.


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