Man found guilty of rape and murder

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Man found guilty of ***** and *******

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Danielle McLaughlin’s body was found in Goa in 2017

A man has been found guilty of the ***** and ******* of an Irish woman backpacking in India.

Danielle McLaughlin, 28, from County Donegal, was

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Vikat Bhagat was found guilty at the District and Sessions Court in south Goa, India, on Friday.

A post-mortem examination found brain damage and strangulation as the cause of death.

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Danielle’s sister Jolene (left) and mother Andrea Brannigan (centre) travelled to Goa for the verdict on Friday

***** victims cannot usually be named under Indian law. Their identities are often hidden in a bid to protect them from being shunned in society.

In this case, Danielle McLaughlin’s family have spoken to the media to raise awareness of her case.

Ms McLaughlin, who grew up in Buncrana, had travelled to India in February 2017.

She was there for two weeks

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The Liverpool John Moores University student had been staying in a beach hut with an *********** friend.

The pair had been celebrating Holi, a Hindu festival, in a nearby village.

She left the village at night and her body was found the next day by a local farmer in an isolated spot.

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Danielle McLaughlin, who grew up in County Donegal, travelled to India in February 2017

Ms McLaughlin, who had dual Irish and British citizenship, travelled to India using a British passport.

In 2018, the then Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar

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after a misunderstanding about her citizenship.

Her body was brought home to Donegal with the help of the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust.

She is buried in her hometown of Buncrana in the Republic of Ireland.

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Locals left photos, flowers and candles near where Ms McLaughlin’s body was found

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