British “pedophiles” arrested in Mumbai

Duncan Grant and Alan Waters, two Britons whose acquittal by a high court in child abuse cases in India was overturned by the Supreme Court on Friday, were arrested by Mumbai police on Monday.

The two had been accused and also convicted of sexually abusing street children in a Mumbai shelter – Anchorage- they used to run along with an Indian, William D Souza.

The Supreme Court on Friday had upheld the six years’ jail sentence by a trial court in 2006 though the Bombay High Court in 2008 had acquitted them since it was not convinced with the statements of the witnesses.

But the Supreme Court said “the analysis of the prosecution witness confirms the fact these three used to have sex with children.”