A pair of orange slippers that the accused left behind as he hurriedly abandoned British teenager Scarlett Keeling on a Goa beach proved to be a crucial piece of the missing puzzle, in an 11-year-old case largely based on circumstantial evidence. The High Court of Bombay at Goa had last week sentenced Samson D’Souza to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs. Two to three metres away from where her body was found, lay a pair of orange slippers that constable Gurunath Naik, the first policeman to arrive on the scene, noticed. He then brought the orange slippers and gave it to D’Souza who took them in a plastic bag. “In the normal course, Samson could have lifted his orange chappals (himself), however, this fact indicates his mental state.

Source: Hindustan Times July 23, 2019 04:16 UTC