Goa Man Convicted for Rape-Murder of Irish-British Woman

The victim, who hailed from Donegal in Northwest Ireland, was on a visit to Goa in 2017 when Bhagat, a local, befriended and murdered her

- Press Trust of India

PANAJI: Nearly eight years after an Irish-British woman was raped and murdered during her Goa visit, a court on Friday convicted the lone accused in the case, a 31-year-old local resident.

Judge Kshama Joshi of the district and sessions court at Margao town found Vikat Bhagat, the lone accused, guilty of raping and murdering the 28-year-old woman, said Vikram Varma, the lawyer representing the mother of the deceased.

The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on Monday (February 17), he said.

Varma informed that the public prosecutor has sought "maximum sentence" for the accused from the court.