A person who raped and murdered an Irish backpacker in Goa eight years in the past has been jailed for all times.
A farmer discovered the physique of Danielle McLaughlin on a seaside in style with holidaymakers in Goa in March 2017.
The 28-year-old County Donegal lady had been raped and strangled, a autopsy examination discovered.
Vikat Bhagat, 31, was found guilty at a court docket in India on Friday.
Talking after the responsible verdict final week, Ms McLaughlin’s mom and a sister mentioned justice had “lastly been achieved”.
“There was no different suspect or gang concerned in Danielle’s loss of life and (Vikat) Bhagat was solely answerable for cruelly ending her lovely life,” her mom Andrea Brannigan and sister Joleen McLaughlin Brannigan mentioned.
“We’ve endured what has been successfully an eight-year homicide trial with many delays and issues, proper till the tip, all happening hundreds of miles away from Danielle’s house.”
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