"Roland Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ But what surprises me the most is that Britannia who ruled the waves and all, has not been making any waves at all through their Deputy High Commission in Bombay. A Scotland Yard investigator sent without much fuss would defintely have lit a fire under Brar and company.]
== jc's response == Dear Roland, There are strict guidelines based upon which a 'Scotland Yard investigator' would be able to enter into such a process in a "sovereign country". The Keeling case does not (yet) trigger any of the mechanisms which allow Scotland Yard to intervene - even from an investigational point of view. Some of the mechanisms which allow such interventions are as follows 1: (UK)The Coroners Act 1988 S8: The body of the deceased is now within the jurisdictional area of the Coroner 2: (UK)Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 - requests from a foreign govt with or without the involvement of Interpol (as in the Bhutto case) 3: Subsequent to an UN Convention / Resolution as in the Balkans "war crimes" BTW: The Keeling case raises a significant number of problems i.e. a: drugs (charas) being offered to a minor ! - those who observed and kept silent need to be slapped with charges of being "accessories" to a crime b: minor girl being left alone by the parents!. While 15 year olds may have some rights (even of consent) in the UK - under some conditions - as in Gillick competence, it is highly unlikely that this is so in India. Besides, cannot see a 15 year old on charas qualifying to be Gillick competent. c: The action of the GMC professor who conducted the first post-mortem - is an affront to GMC graduates. d: Anjuna ....you are a disgrace. You have (for several years) brought disrepute to Goa and Goans. This is one more step for additional disgrace. e: The Police and the so called local authorities - well, we all know what happened in the Alexia Stewart case http://www.colaco.net/1/alexia.htm sincerely jc
