Julio Lobo, the boyfriend of the slain British teenager, has launched a stinging attack on the teenager’s mother Fiona MacKeown, saying she was well aware of Scarlett’s heavy drinking habit.

According to a report published in the Mail on Sunday, Julio said: “Scarlett used to drink vodka, beer and tequila, sometimes in large amounts, and her mother knew this.”

“ I guessed that she was also taking drugs though I never saw her doing that.”

 Julio’s testimony is in direct contradiction to MacKeown’s assertions that her teenage daughter was “not a drinker”. Julio, who is not under suspicion of involvement with Scarlett’s death, said police had interrogated him.

“MacKeown should have done more to look after Scarlett,” he said.

He said MacKeown left Scarlett in Goa with no money, and that Scarlett would boast that she was capable of looking after herself.

The last time Julio Lobo saw Scarlett  Keeling alive was when he dropped her at a vegetarian restaurant in Anjuna called ‘Bean Me Up’ on February 17.