Sri Lanka ruling party politician Sampath Vidanapathirana (C) is escorted from the High Court following sentencing for the 2011 Christmas day killing of British tourist Khuram Shaikh, in Colombo on July 18, 2014. A Sri Lankan ruling party politician and three accomplices were sentenced to 20 years in jail for murdering a British holidaymaker on Christmas Eve and raping his Russian partner. AFP PHOTO/ Ishara S. KODIKARA        (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)