Scarlett Keeling: Mother using McCann's PR guru
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25 Apr: Evening Standard (UK). Fiona MacKeown is using the help of
Kate and Gerry McCann's public relations guru in her fight for justice
… She is hoping spin doctor Clarence Mitchell can prevent negative
publicity further hurting her tarnished reputation and put pressure on
the Indian authorities to keep the investigation going … Mr Mitchell a
former BBC correspondent and Whitehall mandarin is offering advice
free … 1518 words.
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=7NBKH1R6UHA
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Fiona Mackeown may face defamation charges
10 Apr 2008, 2330 hrs IST,PTI
PANAJI: Two Goa youths, who are accused in the death of British
teenaged girl Scarlett Eden on a beach, may file a defamation suit
against her mother Fiona Mackeown.
"My clients are exploring the possibility of filing a defamation suit
against Fiona along with Goa Police and the media," a lawyer
representing accused Placido Carvalho and Julio Lobo said.
"There are sufficient grounds for defamation and malicious
prosecution," the lawyer said.
He said he would file a case against Fiona for defaming her clients,
Goa Police for malicious prosecution and also the media for
defamation.
He said while Carvalho was being mentioned in connection with drug
peddling, a defamation suit would be filed against allowing Scarlett's
diary, which speaks of Lobo's alleged illicit relations, to be made
public.
"Publishing of Scarlett's diary was an act of defamation. Lobo's name
was published in it, which was a part of police investigation. We need
to know how the diary was made public either by Scarlett's mother or
police," the lawyer said.
Scarlett Eden Keeling was allegedly drugged, raped and left to die on
Anjuna beach on February 18.
Scarlett Keening mum Fiona Mackeown in love split
By Deborah Sherwood 13/04/2008
The mother of teenage murder victim Scarlett Keening has split from
the boyfriend who took her and eight of her kids on their tragic trip
to Goa.
Rob Clarke, 47, accompanied hippy mum Fiona Mackeown, 43, on a six
month holiday to the Indian resort last November.
Scarlett, 15, was found drugged, raped and murdered in the Goan resort
of Anjuna in February while her family were in another part of India.
Former shopkeeper Mr Clarke, who has now returned to Launceston in
Cornwall, said: "It all went wrong in India before and after her
death. Too many mouths and not enough money coming in."
Earlier this month Fiona flew back to England with Scarlett's body.
She is living with her children in a series of caravans at a field
near Bradworthy, Devon.
She had forced police to reinvestigate Scarlett's death after they had
ruled that she had drowned. A subsequent murder probe has led to
several arrests.
Scarlett Keeling Case in a Limbo, No One Knows Who is Handling It!
The investigation into the murder of the British teenager Scarlett
seems to have been consigned to the limbo, at least for now. No one
knows who is handling it!
Ever since the body of the 15-year-old British teenager Scarlett Eden
Keeling was found on the Anjuna Beach in Goa on Feb.18, an
international tourist destination, all kinds of murky stories have
been swirling around, many versions charging that the police are doing
a hatchet job and trying to protect the culprits.
Following a relentless campaign by the dead girl's mother Fiona
MacKeown, the Goan government announced it was handing over the
investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI).
That was on April 2. But 25 days later, India's premier investigating
body says it is yet to receive any instruction on the issue.
"We have not taken over the Scarlett Keeling case nor have we received
any instruction regarding it," said G Mohanty, CBI spokesman. The Goa
police would only say, "The case is no longer with us…"
"The Goa Government should have issued an official notification
demanding the CBI immediately take over the case, but all they did was
send a request letter," said Keeling family lawyer Vikram Varma. "It
has been over three weeks and we are still waiting."
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was not available to comment.
One man badly affected in the process is Michael Mannion, a British
national, who has been forced to cool his heels in India. He has been
virtually barred from leaving the country.
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