The mother of a 15-year-old girl found dead in Goa won her battle last night to have the case investigated as murder.
The body of Scarlett Keeling was found semi-naked on Anjuna beach in the Indian resort last month and police declared that she had drowned while high on drugs. But her mother, Fiona MacKeown, accused police of a cover-up and claimed that Scarlett had been raped and killed.
She fought hard for a second post-mortem and was vindicated when a panel of doctors ruled unanimously that the death should be treated as murder.
MacKeown, 43, welcomed the decision. ‘I am hugely relieved as we have got past the first hurdle to prove it was murder,’ she told Sky News. ‘We now have to present a letter asking them to investigate it as murder, and make them follow the next steps.’
She added: ‘I feel kind of empty and flat, but relieved as well. It’s a funny mix of feelings.’
ok .. well …
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