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cleared his name after being accused of battering the notorious playboy son of a government official while working abroad.James Casserly, from Shotts, Lanarkshire, has spent £20,000 on travel and legal costs since a rammy with Malaka Silva and his entourage at a nightclub in Sri Lanka in 2014.The former engineer, 48, was hailed a hero for standing up to Silva, who is famous for his partying and run-ins with the law on the south Asian island.But Silva lodged a counter claim of assault against James which cost him his dream job and forced him to travel 5000 miles back and forth from Scotland seven times to face allegations made against him.Now, a hearing at Sri Lanka’s chief magistrate court has finally concluded that no charges are to be

These are the first pictures of a five-year-old girl found stabbed to death next to a woman "lying in a pool of blood".

spent £100,000 on the family of her toyboy Sri Lankan husband, who was later shot dead after a bigamous marriage to a local woman, wants her money back.Diane Peebles, 61, from Edinburgh, was lucky to escape Sri Lanka alive after armed men turned up looking for her at the hotel she was staying in just before flying back to Scotland.Now, having had time to weigh up being married, abandoned and exploited, she has decided to take legal action to try to get some of her assets back.Diane spent £60,000 to build a house for her and her husband, Priyanjana, 33 years her junior, in the grounds of his parents’ home.She was told it was difficult for a foreigner to own property in Sri Lanka, so agreed to the house being put in her husband’s name.She

Tourists were left terrified as two wild elephants charged at their jeep on a safari in Sri Lanka.

Former Love Island star Malin Andersson has revealed her heartache at being racially abused when she was growing up.

A nurse and doctor who had to cancel their wedding due to the coronavirus outbreak tied the knot at the hospital where they work.