In court MacKeown had to strain to hear the verdict against the two men. It’s been such a long time.”At a press conference after the verdict, MacKeown said the local police were “corrupt”. We were being framed.”But MacKeown’s lawyer, Vikram Varma, said the criminal justice system had failed. As they were leaving, he told the court, D’Souza took charge of Keeling and asked Sagar to leave the pair alone. The case has dragged for eight years through India’s notoriously sluggish justice system, delayed by frequent changes in judges and prosecutors.

Source: The Guardian September 23, 2016 09:38 UTC