Tourist ‘raped and murdered by her friend’ on Goa trip
Tourist ‘raped and murdered by her friend’ on Goa trip Danielle 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 Univ...