Indian cops launch new bid to find killer of murdered British teen Scarlett Keeling
Murdered teen's mum Fiona Mackeown said Goa will never be safe until there is harsher punishments for men
INDIAN police are launching a new bid to nail the killer of Brit Scarlett Keeling, 15, who was found with 50 injuries in Goa in 2008.
Locals Samson D’Souza, 36, and Placido Carvalho, 47, were last year cleared after a string of police blunders.
The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation is tabling an appeal at Mumbai’s High Court.
After hearing of Danielle McLaughlin’s murder, Scarlett’s mum Fiona Mackeown, of Bideford, Devon, said: “It is horrific.
"My heart breaks for her family and friends.
"I know what they are going through.
“It really makes my heart sink.
"I just feel so sad for her mum, siblings and friends.”
“Goa will not be safe until there is stiffer punishment for rapists and a change in attitude from men.”
In 2013, Czech Narkela Horka, 24, was found murdered in a guest house at Baga beach village in Goa.
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And dad-of-two Stephen Bennett, 40, from Cheltenham, Gloucs, was tortured and strangled in the tourist hotspot in 2006.
He was strangled and strung up on a tree deep in the jungle, far away from the main tourist trail.
The Foreign Office say more than 800,000 British nationals visit India each year and most are trouble-free.
But popular party destinations such as Goa are magnets for anti-social behaviour and crime.