This story is from August 23, 2016

Hope for justice and closure brings Scarlett’s mother to Goa

With the hope of getting justice for her daughter, British teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was found dead at Anjuna in 2008 under mysterious circumstances, Fiona MacKeown arrived in Goa on Tuesday.
Hope for justice and closure brings Scarlett’s mother to Goa

Panaji: With the hope of getting justice for her daughter, British teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was found dead at Anjuna in 2008 under mysterious circumstances, Fiona MacKeown arrived in Goa on Tuesday.
She will attend the final arguments in the trial before the children's court against the two accused, which is likely to commence on Wednesday. MacKeown, 52, told TOI, "Ideally, I want the guilty verdict against the accused.
I just felt like I should come to let the court know I'm watching and that I haven't forgotten; that I have not gone anywhere."
MacKeown, who travelled from Devon in South West UK to Goa to attend the final argument in the case, said justice is all she wants. "I just hope the CBI has got all their stuff together, because the prosecution cannot do its job without all the information. So, I just hope that it's all going to flow smoothly and they will do a proper job."
Adding that she hopes the CBI will do justice, she said that she has to have hope and faith that the Goan judicial system will give Scarlett justice.
Asked whether she tried to convince prime witness Michael Mannion alias Mike Masala to depose before the court, she said she has been trying to get hold of him ever since the first notice for the final argument was sent out a month ago.
"I have been unable to get a response from him. I am still hoping that he will get in touch, I don't know why I have heard no word from him. It could be something completely innocent, he could be completely fed up, I really don't know," she said and added that the last time she spoke to him, he was very keen to depose.

MacKeown, who will be in the state for a week, further maintained that in the beginning Mike was not treated properly and added that he did not feel safe coming back to India without some kind of protection. "He has good reason for not wanting to depose. They (CBI, police) did not make him feel safe about coming back to India. I just hope he changes his mind," she said.
Finally, talking about seeing the case come to an end, she said, "I will be very happy to see it (case) end."
The case has been on for a long time, she said and alleged that this was because the police and the government initially tied to cover up the case. "The delay (in justice) has caused my family and me unnecessary trauma. My children are not happy with my being here as they fear for my safety."
"My children and I want to be able to get on with our lives," MacKeown said.
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