Couple in case of child abuse freed, investigator at fault

Keyur Navinchandra and Jyoti Keyur who were acquitted of child abuse charges. They said their daughter suffered injuries during epileptic seizures. [File, Standard]

False testimony by an investigator and failure to call key witnesses has led to the acquittal of a couple charged with torturing their five-year-old daughter.

A magistrate's court ruled last Friday that Keyur Navinchandra and Jyoti Keyur had no case to answer since Frederick Mong'are lied to the court that he had investigated the case.