A court in India’s western Goa state has sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort nearly eight years ago

A man found guilty of raping and murdering a 28-year-old Irishwoman who was backpacking in India has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Danielle McLaughlin, from County Donegal, was found dead in a field in the western state of Goa in March 2017.

A court in India's western Goa state on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort nearly eight years ago. The body of 28-year-old Danielle McLaughlin was found by a farmer on a beach popular with tourists in Goa in March 2017.

A 31-year-old man has been jailed for life over the rape and murder of a 28-year-old Irish tourist in Goa, India. Danielle McLaughlin’s body was found with severe injuries in a forested area near Palolem beach in Canacona village in March 2017.

A Goa court on Monday sentenced Vikat Bhagat to life imprisonment for the 2017 rape and murder of a 28-year-old Irish tourist at Palolem beach

A 31-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday after he raped and murdered an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort nearly eight years ago in the tourist resort state of Goa. The body of a 28-year-old Irish woman was discovered on a beach in Goa in March 2017.