A MOTHER who is campaigning for justice after the rape and murder of her teenage daughter in India is clearly being harrassed by police and a woman's group clamouring for Fukot publicity. Fiona MacKeown proved the authorities had made a number of attempts to cover up the death of Scarlett Keeling as an accident.
The body of the 15-year-old was found on Anjuna beach in Goa on February 19. She had been left in the care of a 25-year-old tour guide while the rest of the family went travelling. What's new about that? Infants, children and even the adults and the aged are sometimes left in somebody's care. That the somebody betrayed the trust is a different story. Fiona is English. Free sex or consensual sex is no big deal for her or for that matter for her teenage daughter. So who is the Directorate of Women and Child Development and the Goa Police trying to fool? It is a shame that the Police had initially dismissed her daughter's death as accidental drowning. But, after her sustained campaign the results were re-examined and a second post-mortem examination held. The results revealed Scarlett was killed and a murder investigation was launched. The tests also showed that Scarlett was given Ecstasy, cocaine and LSD on the night she died. Nelson Albuquerque, the police officer who first investigated the death, was dismissed in April. Two men were arrested, Samson D'Souza, 29, and Placido Carvalho, aged between 30 and 35, who has appeared in court on suspicion of drugging Scarlett and assisting in the murder by that act. And at the end of the story the faulted mother is faulted and harrassed. Mera Bharat Mahaan. Goa Police Super Mahaan -- Tony Martin Freelance Writer, Author Dubai, UAE