The man accused of the rape and murder of Buncrana woman Danielle McLaughlin in India has been booked for threatening prison staff and attempting to cause a riot.
Vikat Bhagat is in Colvale jail in Goa as he sits trial for the murder of 28-year-old Donegal backpacker Danielle in March 2017.
Last weekend, The Goan newspaper reported that Bhagat was being transferred to another section of the jail when he called other inmates to try and block a gate and threatened the jail superintendent.
A further investigation is underway.
Vikat Bhagat
The murder trial, which has been plagued by time delays, is scheduled to conclude in July after more than 250 hearings.
Danielle’s family wish to travel to India for the first time for the verdict.
To support that wish, a GoFundMe campaign was launched in March to fund the trip. Money raised will go towards travel and safe accommodation in Goa for the end of the trial, while giving the family a chance to face the accused. They also wish to visit the site where Danielle was murdered and abandoned and also to meet some of Danielle’s friends in the area and their Indian legal representation.
