It has today been announced by a chief pathologist in Goa that Scarlett Keeling’s death was caused by her head being forcibly held underwater for up to ten minutes, not due to her having taken a cocktail of drugs and drowning.
The 15 year old from Devon whose body was found on a beach in Goa on 18th February 2008 , is now believed to have been raped and her head held underwater for a prolonged period of time, with tests showing that the drugs had been added to her body after death, rather than her dying as a result of taking them.
Since she learned of her daughters death, Scarlett’s mother Fiona MacKeown said that she firmly believed that her daughter had not drowned accidentally and that she had been murdered. Claiming there had been a cover up by police in Goa, Miss MacKeown put the authorities under pressure to carry out a second post mortem after she saw her daughters body covered in over fifty cuts and bruises.
Miss MacKeown said she was shocked at the news, but also relieved.”This is something I’ve been saying from the beginning,” she said. ”I’ve said there’s been a cover-up from the start. I haven’t been contacted by the police once. I want the police brought to justice.”
Three men have been arrested in connection with Scarlett’s murder.
ok lauren – good that you are updating your blog. The intro on the story is very old fashioned -’It was today announced’ is something you might see in a vicotian newspapers.
For how to write intros see the notes I left on Charlie’s blog in I think group B of single hons year one and also read Harold Evans’ excellent book on how to write news stories – essential english for journalists.