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| Tourist 'saw Scarlett on beach' | Tourist 'saw Scarlett on beach' |
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| A British tourist in Goa has said that he saw Scarlett Keeling on the beach with a man on top of her on the night she was killed. | A British tourist in Goa has said that he saw Scarlett Keeling on the beach with a man on top of her on the night she was killed. |
| He named the man as Samson D'Souza, one of two men arrested by local police. | He named the man as Samson D'Souza, one of two men arrested by local police. |
| The witness is Michael Mannion, aged 35, from London. Police have been trying to find him to get a statement. | The witness is Michael Mannion, aged 35, from London. Police have been trying to find him to get a statement. |
| He told the BBC that he had seen and spoken to Scarlett earlier in a bar. He said she looked intoxicated and was staggering. | He told the BBC that he had seen and spoken to Scarlett earlier in a bar. He said she looked intoxicated and was staggering. |
| Local men | Local men |
| Mr Mannion described how he saw her enter the Lui Bar on Anjuna Beach in Goa on 18 February at 3am. He said he saw her stagger around the bar and then speak to three local men. | Mr Mannion described how he saw her enter the Lui Bar on Anjuna Beach in Goa on 18 February at 3am. He said he saw her stagger around the bar and then speak to three local men. |
| I was told then by another local to stay away and not to say anything Michael Mannion class="" href="/1/hi/world/south_asia/7299411.stm">Scarlett 'witness' tells story | |
| Mr Mannion said Scarlett then came over to talk to him. She told him she was 15 years old and he gathered she was from the UK. | Mr Mannion said Scarlett then came over to talk to him. She told him she was 15 years old and he gathered she was from the UK. |
| "Before she left the bar she said she had taken drugs, but she didn't say where they'd come from," he told a BBC reporter in Goa. | "Before she left the bar she said she had taken drugs, but she didn't say where they'd come from," he told a BBC reporter in Goa. |
| He said he saw Scarlett leave the bar at 5am with a man. | He said he saw Scarlett leave the bar at 5am with a man. |
| Some five minutes later or so, he also left the bar and saw the man Scarlett left with drive off on his scooter. "In the light of the front beam of his scooter, I saw Samson D'Souza on top of Scarlett." | Some five minutes later or so, he also left the bar and saw the man Scarlett left with drive off on his scooter. "In the light of the front beam of his scooter, I saw Samson D'Souza on top of Scarlett." |
| Scarlett was raped and left to die on a beach in Goa | Scarlett was raped and left to die on a beach in Goa |
| Goa police say that Samson D'Souza has confessed to them that he had consensual sex with Scarlett. | Goa police say that Samson D'Souza has confessed to them that he had consensual sex with Scarlett. |
| "I was in a complete state of total panic, shock. I got on my bike and I rode off," Mannion said. | "I was in a complete state of total panic, shock. I got on my bike and I rode off," Mannion said. |
| 'Scared for his life' | 'Scared for his life' |
| He was asked what his reaction had been when he heard that a young girl had been found dead. | He was asked what his reaction had been when he heard that a young girl had been found dead. |
| "Initially I said nothing, I did nothing. Then two of the people working in the shack [bar] were called in for questioning. I was told then by another local to stay away and not to say anything," Mannion said. | "Initially I said nothing, I did nothing. Then two of the people working in the shack [bar] were called in for questioning. I was told then by another local to stay away and not to say anything," Mannion said. |
| Michael Mannion told the BBC he left Anjuna on the 23 February and had been travelling around India since, scared for his life. | Michael Mannion told the BBC he left Anjuna on the 23 February and had been travelling around India since, scared for his life. |
| He said he had come forward now to give his version of events because he believed it was safer, since the case had become the focus of the media and the officers investigating it had been changed. | He said he had come forward now to give his version of events because he believed it was safer, since the case had become the focus of the media and the officers investigating it had been changed. |