Man convicted of Irish backpacker's rape and murder in Goa

Goa man found guilty of raping and murdering foreign tourist
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
Indian man is found guilty of raping and murdering Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin in a field in Goa
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.
Goa court convicts local man for rape-murder of Irish-British woman Danielle McLaughlin
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Man convicted of murder and rape of Irish backpacker in Goa
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).
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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.
Goa court convicts man for rape, murder of British-Irish woman in 2017
The victim, who was 28 at the time, was found dead near Palolem beach in South Goa’s Canacona on March 14 that year.
Goa court convicts local man for rape-murder of Irish-British woman Danielle McLaughin
Nearly eight years after Irish-British national Danielle McLaughin was raped and brutally murdered in Goa, a court on Friday convicted the lone accused in the case, a 31-year-old local resident. While the prosecution demanded the maximum sentence for the accused Vikat Bhagat,
Goa court convicts man for raping and killing a British-Irish backpacker: What was the 8-year-old case?
The trial started in April 2018. In 2023, the High Court ordered the Sessions Court to complete the trial within a year. An extension was granted last October, which concluded on Friday
An Indian court finds a 31-year-old man guilty of the rape and murder of an Irish backpacker
A court in India on Friday found a 31-year-old man guilty of raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort in 2017. Vikat Bhagat was found guilty of the crime by Judge Kshama Joshi at the District and Sessions Court in western Goa state.
Man found guilty of murdering Irish backpacker
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.
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