
Panaji: In a major setback to the prosecution, a local court on Monday acquitted a Goa politician, who was accused of raping a 25-year-old Russian tourist in 2009. The District and Sessions court in Margao on Monday pronounced the accused John Fernandes, who was chargesheeted for raping the foreigner, not guilty of the crime. As per the chargesheet filed by the Crime Branch, John had raped the woman on December...

04:53 PM, Oct 24, 2011

John Fernandes surrendered before Goa Crime Branch on Wednesday. ...

04:17 PM, Jan 06, 2010

The inspector forced a Russian resident to tone down her complaint. ...

04:29 PM, Jan 05, 2010

HC had cancelled the anticipatory bail granted to politician John Fernandes. ...

04:30 PM, Jan 04, 2010

The accused is still absconding despite arrest warrants. ...

11:02 AM, Dec 21, 2009

Goa CM virtually blamed the Russian girl for getting raped. ...

09:46 PM, Dec 17, 2009

John Fernandes, accused of raping a Russian national, is absconding. ...

11:14 PM, Dec 16, 2009

Russian girl had alleged that Fernandes had raped her on Dec 1. ...

06:10 PM, Dec 15, 2009

The victim has been saying that she is being threatened for life. ...

06:32 PM, Dec 09, 2009

The girl has written to the Russian consulate fearing her safety. ...

11:48 AM, Dec 09, 2009

The reports of the 2nd test came hours before Fernandes' bail plea hearing. ...

04:30 PM, Dec 08, 2009

The girl had accused John Fernandes, a local politician of raping her. ...

10:24 AM, Dec 08, 2009

Politician John Fernandes is the main accused in the Goa rape case. ...

12:29 PM, Dec 07, 2009