Scarlett Keeling rape and murder case: Goa court acquits both the accused

A Goa court has acquitted both the accused in the 2008 Scarlett Keeling rape and murder case.

The British teenager was raped and murdered on Anjuna beach in Goa in 2008 in which two beach shack workers Samson D'souza and Placido Carvalho were accused of sexually assaulting her after giving her a cocktail of drugs and leaving her unconscious in the shallow waters. Her body was found in the early hours of February 19, 2008. 

Her mother Fiona Mackeown who was hopeful ahead of the verdict is now devasted. Speaking to NDTV, she said, "I am devastated,".

She had earlier said, "Today is the verdict, I have faith in the judiciary, the CBI I think did a good job."