Absence of a court stenographer postponed the hearing of British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling death case in Goa children's court to a next date.
Goa children's court in Panaji this afternoon could not record the statement of witness Murli Sagar, who was working as a cook in the beach shack.
"The witness could not be taken up as there was no stenographer. The next hearing would be on July 23," SR Rivonkar, public prosecutor, told PTI outside the court hall.
Murli is considered as a crucial witness in the case. The youth from Mumbai was working in the shack named Curlie's adjacent to the place where Scarlett's body was found.
The investigations had revealed that Murli had brought Scarlett to Anjuna in his car and was later around in the shack when Scarlett reportedly sniffed drugs.
Police had said that Murli was reportedly present at Lui Shack, where Scarlett visited, during her last few hours. British school girl, Scarlett, holidaying with her mother Fiona Mackeown was found dead on the Anjuna beach shore in February 2008.
Police had arrested two locals - Samson D'Souza and Placido Carvalho, for drugging, raping and leaving the teenager to die on the shore.
The case was later handed over to Central Bureau of Investigation after Scarlett's mother showed no faith in the state police.
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