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Fiona to move HC as 1st autopsy doc now cries murder
Fiona to move HC as 1st autopsy doc now cries murder Preetu Nair | TNN
Panaji:
There’s more trouble for the Goa police in the Scarlett Keeling case.
The police, who have faced flak for their probe into the death of the
British girl, found themselves in a bigger cesspool on Saturday with
the three forensic experts who had conducted the second autopsy
alleging that they had not received any co-operation from the police.
And,
in a startling revelation, Dr Silvano Sapeco, who had conducted the
first autopsy on Scarlett, has contradicted the police’s claim that she
had been drugged, sexually assaulted and left to drown. Sources said Dr
Sapeco, in a fresh report submitted to the police, said Scarlett had
not been over-drugged before being raped. He said she was forcibly
drowned and murdered. His report also said the bruises on Scarlett’s
body suggested a struggle.
Scarlett’s mother Fiona MacKeown
has decided to move the Goa bench of the Bombay HC next week. “We are
going to the HC to seek a CBI inquiry. I feel cheated and am frustrated
with the Goa police. They are more interested in looking into my past
than catching the accused,’’ Fiona alleged. New claims have no legal standing
I’m
still to read the report. The investigating officer informed me about 6
pm that he had received a fresh forensic report from Dr Sapeco,’’ North
Goa SP Bosco George said. However, Dr Sapeco’s new report, which throws
fresh insight into Scarlett’s death, has no legal meaning.
“Only
when a forensic doctor keeps the cause of the death reserved can they
give new insights into the cause of death. But in the case of Scarlett,
Dr Sapeco, in his first autopsy report, had clearly stated that the
cause of death was due to drowning. So, he can’t give any new insights
as an afterthought,’’ said a top police official. The evidently surprised GMC Dean Dr V N Jindal refused to comment on the issue.
Meanwhile,
the three-member forensic experts’ panel headed by Dr E J Rodrigues has
written to chief secretary J P Singh, north Goa SP Bosco George, SDM M
V Khorjuenkar and Dr Jindal alleging lack of co-operation from the
police. The letter was sent on March 19, when the police had pressured
the doctors to conduct an ossification test on Scarlett without Fiona’s
nod. They have complained they had not received any co-operation from
the police from the very start of the case. This attitude, they said,
had hampered the process of administration of justice. TNN
Article published in The Times of India, Mumbai Edition,March 23,2008
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOIM&login=default&Enter=true&Skin=TOI&GZ=T
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