Tourist ‘raped and murdered by her friend’ on Goa tripDanielle McLaughlin, 28, was attacked in an isolated area after she had asked Vikat Bhagat, a man she had known since last year, to take her to a nightclub A tourist whose naked and battered body was found dumped in a field near an Indian beach was raped and murdered by a friend, according to police in Goa. Danielle McLaughlin, 28, was attacked by Vikat Bhagat, 24, who confessed to the crime while being interrogated yesterday afternoon, Inspector Uttam Desai said. Police said Vikat Bhagat had confessed to the The man has been charged with murder.
Details that he provided on where her clothes were hidden and how he had injured Ms McLaughlin’s head and face matched police findings, Mr Desai said. “He claimed he was totally drunk and does not remember much after the murder,” the inspector added. Ms McLaughlin, who had dual British and Irish citizenship, was from Buncrana, Co Donegal. She had studied at Liverpool John Moores University.
Her A murder investigation has been launched after a Scottish woman's body was found near a beach in Goa. The woman, who police have named as Danielle McLaughlin, 28, was discovered in the popular tourist Canacona area in the south of the Indian state. Her naked body was seen in a field near Deobag Beach by a local early on Tuesday morning, and police believe she had been beaten.
She was thought to have been visiting Goa with a friend to celebrate the Indian festival of Holi. Local media said her body was unclothed and she had marks on her head and face. Danielle had been living in Liverpool and grew up in Buncrana, Co Donegal. However, her British passport shows that she was Glasgow born. The Mirror reports that Vikat Bhagat, has confessed to raping and later killing the holidaymaker.
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