Khuram Shaikh death: Missing Sri Lanka politician sought...

Sri Lankan police are looking for a politician who failed to appear in court accused of the alleged murder of a British aid worker.

Police have vowed to carry out the arrest of Sampath Vidanapathirana "today or tomorrow" - but his exact whereabouts are not clear.

Khuram Shaikh was shot and stabbed to death at a hotel in southern Sri Lanka on Christmas Day 2011.

Six men are accused of the murder of the Red Cross worker from Rochdale.

The men also face charges including the rape of a woman and possessing unlawful weapons.

Mr Vidanapathirana is the town council leader of Tangalle, the southern resort town in Sri Lanka where Mr Shaikh was killed. Full story...

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