Sri Lanka: Medical examination bears out Victoria was sexually assaulted; Injuries could have proved fatal: JMO

Victoria survived by chance

A female Judicial Medical Officer this week told a High Court inquiry into the killing of British national Khuram Shaikh, that during the attack in Tangalle, his Russian girl friend (Victoria) had suffered injuries which could have been fatal. The trial was taken up before Colombo High Court Judge Rohini Walgama this week. The incident took place on Christmas Day in 2011 at ‘The Nature’ Hotel in Tangalle where the British national was fatally shot and his fiancé beaten up and sexually assaulted by the suspects in the case.

Commonwealth summit mired in row over Briton shot in Sri Lanka

Khuram Shaikh, from Rochdale, was murdered on Christmas Day 2011, after complaining about harassment of his girlfriend. Photograph: Observer

Prince Charles offered to help in the effort to win justice for a British man who was murdered in Sri Lanka – allegedly by a close political ally of the country's prime minister.
The high-profile case of Khuram Shaikh, a 32-year-old Red Cross worker from Rochdale who was killed in 2011, has cast a shadow over the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Colombo next month, which is due to be chaired by Prince Charles and attended by David Cameron.

Politically Motivated Cover Up of British Tourist Murder at Tangalle to protect Key Supporter of Rajapaksa regime

 Dean Nelson
 Khuram Shaikh, a 32-year-old Red Cross aid worker from Rochdale, had been in Sri Lanka to rest after an assignment in Gaza, when he and his Russian girlfriend were attacked by eight men in a hotel bar in Tangalle, on the south coast. One of the men accused of the attack is a prominent figure in Rajapaksa’s Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP).

UK deeply disappointed about lack of legal action on Tangalle murder

The UK expressed its deep disappointment at the fact that trial proceedings have not yet commenced on the murder of British citizen Khuram Shaikh and the assault on his partner Victoria in Tangalle even 18 months after the incident.
The statement released by the British High Commission in Colombo read that the High Commission continues to call for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

Killing of British, Khuram Shaikh in SL: UK MP fears of cover-up, Deputy HC disappointed

Red Cross worker Khuram Shaikh

British Labour party Parliamentarian Simon Danczuk has expressed fears of a cover-up by the Sri Lankan Government after Red Cross worker Khuram Shaikh was murdered last Christmas.
Speaking as the first anniversary of Khuram’s death approaches, he said he was worried the Government was trying to “quietly drop the case to protect a local politician”.
Khuram was shot and stabbed on Christmas day in the resort of Tangelle after he tried to act as peacemaker to rescue a local restaurant owner who was being harassed by a group of drunks.