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| Goa girl's mother faces hearing | Goa girl's mother faces hearing |
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| The mother of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was murdered in Goa, has been issued with a summons to appear before Indian police, her lawyer says. | |
| He said police wanted to speak to Fiona MacKeown, 43, of Bideford, Devon, about failing to provide a safe environment for her 15-year-old daughter. | |
| But police told the BBC the summons was issued because she was being asked to assist in the investigation. | |
| Scarlett was drugged, raped and left for dead on a Goa beach last month. | |
| The BBC's Damian Grammaticus in Delhi said he was hearing two different versions of events - from the lawyer and the police - about the significance of the summons. | |
| He said Ms MacKeown has been asked to attend a special juvenile police unit in Goa at 10am local time on Saturday. | |
| Her lawyer, Vikram Varma, said Ms MacKeown was in tears when the summons was served because she fear she i being harassed by the police because of her attempt to seek justice for her daughter. | |
| He added that the summons referred to a section of Goa's Children's Act that states all children should be ensured a safe environment where they should not be abused in any way. | |
| Indian police told the BBC that they were not harassing Ms MacKeown, but simply wanted her to help with the investigation. |