The trial in the rape and killing of British national Danielle McLaughlin began today with a South Goa court examining the first witness in the case. The 28-year-old Briton, holidaying in Goa, was found dead at an isolated stretch between the Agonda and Canacona beaches in South Goa on March 14, 2017. Vikat Bhagat (23), who was last seen with the victim and who the police claimed had previous cases against him, was arrested under the sections of the IPC relating to murder, rape, theft and destruction of evidence.