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Ms. McLaughlin, who is thought to have lived in Liverpool, had just arrived from the north of the state and had been seen out and about at a party on Monday night at nearby Palolem beach, popular with Western tourists



CCTV video has emerged showing the final movements of a British tourist before she was brutally raped and murdered in an Indian holiday resort.
Danielle McLaughlin was seen carrying a bag and walking along a road in Goa with an unknown man behind her in the grainy footage.
The clip was found shortly after the
28-year-old was found in a pool of blood on Tuesday morning after she had attended Holi celebrations at Palolem beach. Her killer reportedly sexually assaulted her and 'disfigured' her face with a beer bottle.
At one point in the short clip, Ms McLaughlin, who lived in Liverpool, looks back over her shoulder as she is walking along. It is not yet clear where exactly the footage was captured.
A local man, 24-year-old Vikat Bhagat, who police said was a known thief, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

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Backpacker Ms McLauilin, who arrived in Goa on February 23, had been at Agonda beach and Patnem beach with friends during her first fortnight in the state.
On Monday night she celebrated the Holi festival at nearby Palolem beach, popular with Western tourists.
Her badly beaten body was discovered by a farmer at Deobag Beach about four miles away on Tuesday morning. She had suffered extensive injuries to her face and head.
Police have arrested Bhagat, a convicted criminal, and he has reportedly confessed, saying he sexually assaulted her and disfigured her with a beer bottle so people would not be able to identify her.
Superintendent of Police Uttam Raut Dessai, from Sanguem Police Station, and is helping the investigation, said: 'This is a murder case that was registered at Cancona Police Station yesterday. 
'We received information from our sources that there was a boy named VikatBhagat, 23, a rowdy and a boy known to police in Goa was spotted with her in the afternoon and evening. 
'He was then brought in and interrogated. He has today confessed to sexually assaulting her and killing her with a beer bottle.The girl arrived at one restaurants with Vikat on a scooter. He has confessed to the crime but is now trying to involve others. 
Bhagat, 23, confessed to the killing, saying he sexually assaulted Ms McLaughlin before disfiguring her face with a beer bottle
Bhagat, 23, confessed to the killing, saying he sexually assaulted Ms McLaughlin before disfiguring her face with a beer bottle
'We do not believe there were more involved in the crime but our investigation will make sure of this.

'We believe he took her clothes so that the body was not recognized by anyone. 
'And in order to hide her identity, he tried to destroy her face with a beer bottle because people had seen him with Danielle. 
'He was trying to conceal his crime but ultimately a murder is a murder.'
He added the post mortem will take place once the police get permission from the embassy.
On February 22 Ms McLaughlin revealed she was 'off on another adventure' to Goa.
She wrote: 'Thank you to all my friends and family for making home so special and always looking after me. I am very grateful and the luckiest person I know... Off on another adventure.'
Under the same post yesterday, which included a sunset landscape picture, a friend wrote: 'Beautiful sunset for a beautiful soul'.
Her mother, Andrea Brannigan, said her daughter would be 'sadly missed' as 200 locals and foreign nationals gathered in Goa to pay tribute to Ms McLaughlin. 
Police said yesterday that they had arrested a suspect named as Vikat Bhagat who they said was a petty thief. He is said to have made a confession.
At the vigil on Wednesday night, 200 local and foreign nationals gathered with flowers to pay tribute to Ms McLaughlin in Goa
At the vigil on Wednesday night, 200 local and foreign nationals gathered with flowers to pay tribute to Ms McLaughlin in Goa
 Sammy Tavares, Deputy Superintendent of Police had earlier revealed that the body was found 'lying in a pool of blood without clothes and there were injuries to the head and face'.
Bhagat was arrested in March 2014 for targeting foreigners in a string of burglaries in the area.
One British holidaymaker revealed a thief had sneaked into their holiday villa through a balcony and taken a laptop, two mobile phones and a portable hard drive worth around £1,620.

Another told how he had taken a laptop, camera, mobile phone and CDs worth more than £1,100
Following the reported crimes, police watched the flats and caught Bhagat who had been found guilty of seven previous offences.
A worker at the Dreamcatcher resort where Danielle had reportedly visited the day before her murder said he knew of the arrested man and that he was 'the biggest thief of the area.'
'He steals from foreigners only - break into their rooms and loot everything. He scares outsiders who have set up their business here. He is a powerful person, by powerful I mean he scares people using weapon. He is a nuisance for the society.'  

(Daily Mail)




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