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 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

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.

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

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 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

A Goa sessions court on Friday convicted a man for the rape and murder of a British-Irish national whose body was found near a beach in 2017, The Indian Express

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.