Indian Court Sentences Man to Life in Prison for Raping and Murdering Irish Backpacker

Indian Court Sentences Man to Life in Prison for Raping and Murdering Irish Backpacker
Family members of an Irish woman who was raped and murdered at a popular tourist resort in 2017 in Goa react after the court's verdict on the case, in Goa, India, on Feb. 14, 2025. Arvind Tengse/AP Photo
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NEW DELHI—A court in India’s western Goa state on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort nearly eight years ago.

The body of 28-year-old Danielle McLaughlin was found by a farmer on a beach popular with holidaymakers in Goa in March 2017. An autopsy showed that cerebral damage and constriction of the neck caused her death.