Scarlett murder: Police want to record mother’s statement in Britain
March 2nd, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANSPanaji, March 2 (IANS) The police here want to send a team to Britain to record the statement of Fiona Mackeown, mother of British teenager Scarlett Keeling killed under mysterious circumstances here a year ago, in a case of criminal negligence pending against her, a police official said Monday.
“We have moved an application to the (state’s) home ministry seeking their permission to record Fiona’s statement in UK as she is not willing to come to India,” Superintendent of Police (North) Tony Fernandes told IANS.
He said the home ministry is expected to reply within couple of weeks.
“We have to get her statement to proceed with our enquiries in the negligence case,” Fernandes said.
Mackeown had earlier expressed fear of being killed by the drug mafia in Goa if she returned in connection with the case filed against her by lawyer Aires Rodrigues.
Rodrigues had claimed that it was Mackeown’s neglect of her 15-year-old daughter Keeling which resulted in the latter’s brutal rape and murder at Anjuna beach Feb 18 last year.
Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the murder case, is also expected to record Mackeown’s statement with the help of the Interpol in Britain.
The police had earlier tried to dismiss Keeling’s death as a suicide. But Mackeown’s subsequent campaign for justice had attracted international spotlight and exposed Goa tourism’s ugly underbelly.
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- Fiona's statement on daughter's neglect to be recorded in Goa - Feb 02, 2009
- Scarlett Keeling murder retold on 'Anjuna Beach' - Jul 02, 2011
- Two probes into Scarlett's death gain momentum - Dec 25, 2008
- Scarlett trial scarring Goa's image in Britain: Tourism body - Apr 14, 2010
- Goa home minister, son linked to drug mafia: Scarlett's mother - Aug 02, 2010
- Scarlett rape, murder trial to begin - Mar 19, 2010
- I don't know if there will be justice: Fiona Mackeown - Apr 19, 2010
- Goa home minister's sons draw salaries as personal aides - Apr 07, 2011
- I fear for my life in Goa, says Scarlett's mother (Second Lead) - Feb 19, 2009
- Drugs sold near night clubs, shacks in Goa: CBI - Nov 06, 2009
- Goa home minister's sons get personal security - Sep 22, 2010
- Fiona deposes in Goa court; says police suppressed facts - Jul 30, 2010
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