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.

A court in Goa has convicted Vikat Bhagat for the 2017 rape and murder of Irish-British citizen Danielle McLaughlin. The judgment was delivered by Judge Kshama Joshi at the District and Sessions Court in Margao.

The family of an Irish woman killed in India nearly eight years ago say justice has "finally been achieved after" a 31-year-old local man was found guilty of her rape and murder.

Vikat Bhagat was convicted for the 2017 rape and murder of an Irish woman, luring her to a secluded area in Canacona. Evidence, including his injuries

Family of Buncrana woman (28) hope she and they can find peace after ordeal of legal process that dragged on for eight years

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.

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

A man has been found guilty in India of the rape and murder of Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin in 2017, her family’s solicitor has said. Local man Vikat Bhagat was found guilty at the District and Sessions Court in south Goa on Friday.