Witness statements in the investigation into the rape and murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling have suggested that drugs were freely available near the beach where her body was found.

The mother of murdered UK teenager Scarlett Keeling today denied she was guilty of neglecting her daughter and said she would not answer a court summons to face such allegations.

THE body of a British teenager raped and murdered on a beach in India was returned to Britain without some internal organs, it was confirmed yesterday.

THE mother of murdered British teen Scarlett Keeling said yesterday she would ask a court in the Indian beach resort state of Goa for protection, saying she feared the local drugs mafia.

The mother of a British teenage girl raped and murdered in Goa broke down in tears tonight after being served with a summons under the Goa Children’s Act by police.rs tonight after being served with a summons under the Goa Children’s Act by police.