Danielle McLaughlin's murderer to appeal double life sentence

Irish woman Danielle McLaughlin was celebrating the Hindu Holi festival in Goa on March 2017 when she was raped and murdered by Vikat Bhagat. 

The man who murdered Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin has lodged an application to appeal his sentence.

Vikat Bhagat, aged 31, received two life sentences in February for the rape and murder of the 28-year-old Donegal woman.