The girlfriend of a red cross worker from Rochdale who was murdered while on holiday in Sri Lanka has spoken for the first time about their ordeal. Khuram Shaikh who was 32, was killed at his hotel on Christmas Day in 2011.
His girlfriend Victoria Tkacheva has waived her right to anonymity as she described how she was beaten and raped by the same group of men. The pair, who met in 2009 were holidaying at the Nature resort in Tangalle, when a group of men arrived at a hotel party on Christmas Eve.
Khuram was later found dead, and Ms Tkacheva found naked in a hotel room having been raped. Ms Tkacheva says she fears justice will never be done. One of eight suspects who was arrested but later released is a local politician whose family have close ties to the Sri Lankan president.
VIDEO: Rochdale man killed 'protecting his girlfriend from brutal attack'
A Rochdale man who was murdered while on holiday in Sri Lanka died trying to protect his partner from a group of local men who went on to brutally assault her, his family has been told.
Khuram Shaikh was shot and stabbed at a hotel in the beach resort of Tangelle on Christmas Day in 2011.
His family were originally told he was attacked breaking up a fight between a group of men in a hotel, including a prominent Sri Lankan politician.
Khuram's brother Nasir flew to the country last week to speak with police and politicians over fears of corruption and political cover up in the case.
The brother of a Red Cross worker from Rochdale killed while on holiday in Sri Lanka is to fly to the country to find out why no-one has faced trial for his murder.
Khuram Shaikh was shot and stabbed on the beach resort of Tangelle on Christmas Day 2011.
But nearly 15 months on, the case has gone cold, and the family's MP fears a political cover up.
