A Goa court on Friday acquitted two local men accused of drugging, sexually abusing and murdering British teenage girl Scarlett Eden Keeling on Goa’s Anjuna beach in 2008. Victim’s mother Fiona Mackeown expressed shock at the verdict. Fiona Mackeown, Scarlett’s mother, had said the the hardest thing for her was the way the government treated this case. In a statement, Fiona had said the government made it a lot more dramatic and didn’t treat the case properly. In another statement, Fiona had said, “I tried to get hold of him (Mannion) before I came here.

Source: Indian Express September 23, 2016 13:46 UTC