A Goa court on Friday found a 31-year-old man guilty of raping and murdering a British-Irish backpacker at Palolem beach in March 2017

The 28-year-old victim had come to Goa with a friend for a holiday in February 2017. She had befriended the accused during an earlier trip.

Court convicts accused in Danielle McLaughlin murder case, family thankful for justice, sentencing awaited on February 17.

An Indian man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin in 2017. Bikat Bhagat has been convicted eight years after her death - after she was found dead in a field in Goa. The local man, Bhagat, 31, was arrested within hours of her body being found, but the case faced years of delays.

LONDON: A man has been found guilty in India of the rape and murder of Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin in 2017, her family's solicitor said on Friday (Feb 14).

The victim, who was 28 at the time, was found dead near Palolem beach in South Goa’s Canacona on March 14 that year.

A court in India has found a 31-year-old man guilty of raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort in 2017

A man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of an Irish woman backpacking in India. Danielle McLaughlin, 28, from County Donegal, was found dead in a field in the western state of Goa in March 2017.