Scarlet case: Goa court frame charges against two locals

The battered semi-nude corpse of the British teenager was found on shores of Anjuna beach on February 18,2008. Police investigation had zeroed down on the duo,who were also chargesheeted by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),which took over the probe from the state police at its fag end.

Goa Children’s Court president B P Deshpande today directed to begin the trial in this case,which had attracted world attention due to the initial shoddy investigation by Goa Police and subsequent campaign by Scarlett’s mother Fiona Mackeown claiming police-drug peddler nexus in the state.