A Goa Sessions Court on Friday convicted a man for the rape and murder of a British-Irish national, whose body was discovered near a beach in 2017.

The District and Sessions Court at Margao, presided over by Judge Kshama Joshi, found Vikat Bhagat, the sole accused in the case, guilty.

According to the report, the quantum of punishment will be announced on February 17.

The 28-year-old victim, a British-Irish citizen, had traveled to Goa with a friend for a holiday in February 2017.

Her body was found on March 14, 2017, in a field near Palolem Beach in South Goa’s Canacona. She was lying in a pool of blood, unclothed, with severe head and facial injuries. The night before, she had attended a Holi party near the beach.