I hope CBI report is just: Scarlett's mom
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PANAJI: With the CBI about to file a chargesheet on British teenager Scarlett's murder case in the children' court by October 24, the mother of the girl whose partially clothed body was found at Anjuna beach in 2008 feels that her daughter will finally get justice. "I hope now that Scarlett will get justice. The last year has been hard. It has been a year of waiting," Fiona MacKeown told TOI from her home in Devon, UK.
When Scarlett's body was first found on Anjuna beach in February 2008, police dismissed it as a case of drowning. But after pressure from her mother, a second post-mortem examination was conducted which revealed that her daughter was murdered and two were arrested in the case. "It has been very hard to get justice in India. At times it felt like everything was against me including the Goa government. Now with the CBI filing the chargesheet, I feel some relief," Fiona said.
Fiona has her hopes pinned on the CBI. After all, she risked entering India, despite knowledge that the Goa police wanted to question her with regard to a complaint filed by social activist Aires Rodrigues that the negligence of the mother had led to the death of the minor girl.
It is alleged that Fiona had left her daughter alone in Goa and had gone with her boyfriend and other children to Gokarna, Karnataka. But Fiona had always refuted these charges and stated that it was an attempt to stop her fight for justice. Few months back, with the court denying the CBI permission to go to UK, she had traveled to Mumbai to give her statement.
"Let's hope the fight was worth it. I think the CBI will do the best job they can and my highest hopes are that they will pin a murder charge on the person or persons responsible," said Fiona.
The CBI will have to submit the chargesheet to the court by October 24. Meanwhile, even as she awaits justice for her daughter, a year later, the mother is still to give her daughter a decent burial. "I am still waiting for the UK coroner to release Scarlett's body to me for the burial," said the mother.
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CBI to return Scarlett’s organs
CBI to return Scarlett’s organs
Preetu Nair | TNN
Panaji: The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is inquiring into the rape and murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, has agreed to hand over the girl’s organs to her mother Fiona Mackeown on receipt of the chemical examination reports.
The reports are awaited from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
In a letter to the British high commissioner to India, Sir Charles Richard Vernon Stagg, on October 14, 2008, CBI joint director (policy) Sudhir Saxena, said, “The reports from both AIIMS and CFSL New Delhi are awaited.”
Decent burial only after organs are received: Fiona
Panaji: The Central Bureau of Investigation has decided to hand over the organs of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was raped and murdered in Goa, to her mother Fiona Mackeown on receipt of the chemical examination reports.
CBI joint director (policy) Sudhir Saxena, in a letter to British high commissioner to India Sir Charles Richard Vernon Stagg, on October 14, 2008, said, “On receipt of the report and the organs — pieces of both lungs, pieces of liver and half of uterus — can be handed over to Fiona Mackeown after obtaining permission from the children’s court, Panaji.”
Speaking to TOI over the phone from her home in Devon, UK, Fiona, who had written to the CBI seeking Scarlett’s organs, said, “The CBI has said that some of the organs have been destroyed, but they would hand over the remaining organs of my daughter soon. Once we receive the organs, we can give her a decent burial.”
Scarlett’s body had been found on February 19, 2008 at Anjuna beach, and a case of rape and murder was registered. Fiona had taken her daughter’s body to the UK for a third autopsy after two forensic autopsies at the Goa Medical College and Hospital. The autopsy at the coroner’s court in Devon had revealed that Scarlett’s kidneys, stomach and uterus were missing. Doctors at GMC’s forensic department had stated that the organs had been preserved for tests.
While Scarlett’s liver and pieces of her lungs were deposited in a sealed envelope by the Goa police with the children’s court, half of the uterus and slides containing tissues were collected from the Goa Medical College and Hospital by the CBI for examination.
The letter to the high commissioner was in response to queries raised by the former in a meeting with CBI officials in Delhi on September 3, 2008. During the meeting, the high commissioner had sought information regarding investigations into the case, especially the return of the organs.
The CBI letter added that following procedure, the remaining biological materials (organs) utilized by the Forensic Science Laboratory, Mumbai, for chemical analysis were preserved for a period of three weeks and thereafter destroyed as per the existing protocol, it being “hazardous” to preserve them.
November 3,2008, The Times of India, Goa edition
Preetu Nair | TNN
Panaji: The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is inquiring into the rape and murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, has agreed to hand over the girl’s organs to her mother Fiona Mackeown on receipt of the chemical examination reports.
The reports are awaited from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
In a letter to the British high commissioner to India, Sir Charles Richard Vernon Stagg, on October 14, 2008, CBI joint director (policy) Sudhir Saxena, said, “The reports from both AIIMS and CFSL New Delhi are awaited.”
Decent burial only after organs are received: Fiona
Panaji: The Central Bureau of Investigation has decided to hand over the organs of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was raped and murdered in Goa, to her mother Fiona Mackeown on receipt of the chemical examination reports.
CBI joint director (policy) Sudhir Saxena, in a letter to British high commissioner to India Sir Charles Richard Vernon Stagg, on October 14, 2008, said, “On receipt of the report and the organs — pieces of both lungs, pieces of liver and half of uterus — can be handed over to Fiona Mackeown after obtaining permission from the children’s court, Panaji.”
Speaking to TOI over the phone from her home in Devon, UK, Fiona, who had written to the CBI seeking Scarlett’s organs, said, “The CBI has said that some of the organs have been destroyed, but they would hand over the remaining organs of my daughter soon. Once we receive the organs, we can give her a decent burial.”
Scarlett’s body had been found on February 19, 2008 at Anjuna beach, and a case of rape and murder was registered. Fiona had taken her daughter’s body to the UK for a third autopsy after two forensic autopsies at the Goa Medical College and Hospital. The autopsy at the coroner’s court in Devon had revealed that Scarlett’s kidneys, stomach and uterus were missing. Doctors at GMC’s forensic department had stated that the organs had been preserved for tests.
While Scarlett’s liver and pieces of her lungs were deposited in a sealed envelope by the Goa police with the children’s court, half of the uterus and slides containing tissues were collected from the Goa Medical College and Hospital by the CBI for examination.
The letter to the high commissioner was in response to queries raised by the former in a meeting with CBI officials in Delhi on September 3, 2008. During the meeting, the high commissioner had sought information regarding investigations into the case, especially the return of the organs.
The CBI letter added that following procedure, the remaining biological materials (organs) utilized by the Forensic Science Laboratory, Mumbai, for chemical analysis were preserved for a period of three weeks and thereafter destroyed as per the existing protocol, it being “hazardous” to preserve them.
November 3,2008, The Times of India, Goa edition
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