Commonwealth summit mired in row over Briton shot in Sri Lanka

Prince Charles offers his help as allegations against political fixer and calls for boycott cast shadow over heads of government meeting.

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.

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Source: The Observer (UK)