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Khuram Shaikh death: Aid worker murder trial starts | Khuram Shaikh death: Aid worker murder trial starts |
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The trial has started of a Sri Lankan politician charged with murdering a British aid worker. | The trial has started of a Sri Lankan politician charged with murdering a British aid worker. |
Sampath Vidanapathirana, a town council leader, and five other men have appeared in the High Court in Colombo, accused of murdering Khuram Shaikh. | Sampath Vidanapathirana, a town council leader, and five other men have appeared in the High Court in Colombo, accused of murdering Khuram Shaikh. |
The Red Cross worker from Rochdale was shot and stabbed to death at a hotel in Sri Lanka on Christmas Day in 2011. | The Red Cross worker from Rochdale was shot and stabbed to death at a hotel in Sri Lanka on Christmas Day in 2011. |
They are also accused of the rape of a woman, who gave evidence at the High Court earlier. | |
The men deny all the charges against them. | |
Mr Shaikh, 32, had been working in Gaza fitting prosthetic limbs, but was on holiday in the resort of Tangalle. | Mr Shaikh, 32, had been working in Gaza fitting prosthetic limbs, but was on holiday in the resort of Tangalle. |
He was attacked during a disturbance at a Christmas party. | |
'Kicked in face' | |
Speaking through a translator, the alleged female victim told the court she was returning to the hotel via the swimming pool, where a "mob of men" started to kick and assault her. | |
She fell in the pool, and told the court she was kicked in the face and on the top of the head when she tried to climb out. | |
She told the court she woke in an ambulance with injuries to her head and "severe pain" in the area of her sexual organs. | |
Mr Vidanapathirana was a town councillor in Tangalle, the beach resort town in southern Sri Lanka where Mr Shaikh was killed. | Mr Vidanapathirana was a town councillor in Tangalle, the beach resort town in southern Sri Lanka where Mr Shaikh was killed. |
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