By Julian Gavaghan PUBLISHED: 04:36 EST, 18 April 2012 | UPDATED: 10:16 EST, 18 April 2012 The body of a British schoolgirl raped and murdered in Goa can finally be buried four years after her death - following claims of a communication blunder by Indian authorities and the Foreign Office. Scarlett Keeling, 15, was sexually assaulted and left for dead on a beach in the Indian holiday state in February 2008 after taking a cocktail of drugs. Months later, following two post-mortem tests in Goa, her body was brought back to Britain but has lain in a mortuary at an Exeter hospital amid the ongoing trial of two men charged over her death.
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Body of Scarlett Keeling, 15, left in mortuary in Exeter since 2008
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Mother claims lack of communication between Goan authorities and Foreign Office caused delay in Coroner releasing corpse
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Scarlett raped and murdered in 2008 while mother went travelling with six other children and left daughter with 25-year-old boyfriend
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Fiona MacKeown claims Goan authorities conducted cover-up to prevent 'seedy underbelly' of idyllic Indian state being exposed
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