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| Police arrest man over Goa 'rape' | Police arrest man over Goa 'rape' |
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| Police in Goa investigating the death of a British teenager have arrested a man on suspicion of rape. | Police in Goa investigating the death of a British teenager have arrested a man on suspicion of rape. |
| Kishan Kumar, the Inspector General of Police in Goa, said local man Samson D'Souza, 28, was due to appear in court in Mapusa on Monday. | Kishan Kumar, the Inspector General of Police in Goa, said local man Samson D'Souza, 28, was due to appear in court in Mapusa on Monday. |
| Scarlett Keeling, 15 and from Devon, was found dead on 18 February. | Scarlett Keeling, 15 and from Devon, was found dead on 18 February. |
| A second post-mortem examination has suggested she was murdered and did not drown accidentally after drinking, as police first indicated. | A second post-mortem examination has suggested she was murdered and did not drown accidentally after drinking, as police first indicated. |
| Police said that they want Mr D'Souza to be remanded by the court into police custody so they can question him further in connection "with the entire episode". | |
| Under the Indian legal system Mr D'Souza has to appear in court in connection with the case within 24 hours. | Under the Indian legal system Mr D'Souza has to appear in court in connection with the case within 24 hours. |
| Scarlett's mother Fiona MacKeown pressed for the second post-mortem. | Scarlett's mother Fiona MacKeown pressed for the second post-mortem. |
| The doctors who carried out the latest examination discovered some 50 bruises and abrasions on Scarlett's body and unanimously recommended police open a murder inquiry into the death. | The doctors who carried out the latest examination discovered some 50 bruises and abrasions on Scarlett's body and unanimously recommended police open a murder inquiry into the death. |
| She told BBC News: "It was our main objective to get the police or somebody to admit that she'd been murdered as I knew in my heart that she had been." | She told BBC News: "It was our main objective to get the police or somebody to admit that she'd been murdered as I knew in my heart that she had been." |
| Mr Kumar said the probe into her death was being treated as a murder investigation and told the BBC the second post-mortem had not ruled out that Scarlett died from drowning. | |
| Scarlett's body was found on the beach on 18 February, while the rest of her family was travelling in the neighbouring state of Karnataka. | Scarlett's body was found on the beach on 18 February, while the rest of her family was travelling in the neighbouring state of Karnataka. |
| She is last reported to have been seen alive leaving a beach bar a couple of hours before her body was found nearby. | She is last reported to have been seen alive leaving a beach bar a couple of hours before her body was found nearby. |
| Ms MacKeown, who took Scarlett and five of her eight siblings to Goa for a six-month holiday in November, has accused the Indian police of trying to cover up the facts about how her daughter died. | Ms MacKeown, who took Scarlett and five of her eight siblings to Goa for a six-month holiday in November, has accused the Indian police of trying to cover up the facts about how her daughter died. |
| The family's lawyer Vikram Verma said he was "appalled" at the actions of the police handling the investigation into Scarlett's death. | The family's lawyer Vikram Verma said he was "appalled" at the actions of the police handling the investigation into Scarlett's death. |
| "We want the case to be investigated as a crime and look into the conduct of the police officers who have tried to cover it up," he said. | "We want the case to be investigated as a crime and look into the conduct of the police officers who have tried to cover it up," he said. |
| "But unfortunately, it's going to be the very police who will look into the police officers who have tried to cover up this death." | "But unfortunately, it's going to be the very police who will look into the police officers who have tried to cover up this death." |
| Ms MacKeown is now making preparations to come back to the UK with her daughter's body before returning to India. | Ms MacKeown is now making preparations to come back to the UK with her daughter's body before returning to India. |
| "I'll get back out here and keep it alive as much as I can and keep the pressure on the police really," she said. | "I'll get back out here and keep it alive as much as I can and keep the pressure on the police really," she said. |
| 'Really affectionate' | 'Really affectionate' |
| Paying tribute to Scarlett, Ms MacKeown said she was a "lovely girl" who was happy all the time. | Paying tribute to Scarlett, Ms MacKeown said she was a "lovely girl" who was happy all the time. |
| "She was very bouncy and used to sing at the top of her voice all the time," she said. | "She was very bouncy and used to sing at the top of her voice all the time," she said. |
| "She was a really affectionate, loving girl and a brilliant big sister." | "She was a really affectionate, loving girl and a brilliant big sister." |
| She added that Scarlett's siblings "missed her terribly" and have been writing letters they want to put in her coffin with her. | She added that Scarlett's siblings "missed her terribly" and have been writing letters they want to put in her coffin with her. |
| The British High Commission has confirmed four of 10 British deaths in Goa this year were from unnatural causes. | The British High Commission has confirmed four of 10 British deaths in Goa this year were from unnatural causes. |