The family of an Irish woman killed in India nearly eight years ago say justice has "finally been achieved after" a 31-year-old local man was found guilty of her rape and murder.
Danielle McLaughlin, who was from Buncrana, Co Donegal, had only been in India for two weeks when she was killed.
Vikat Bhagat was found guilty at the District and Sessions Court in south Goa, India, of her rape and murder.
Ms McLaughlin's body was discovered by a farmer in a field in a remote location near Canacona, a part of Goa popular with tourists, on 14 March 2017.
She had turned 28 the month before her death and had been home for the celebrations.
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Ms McLaughlin had previously spent time in India as a volunteer in an orphanage and was planning to learn to teach yoga while travelling.
Bhagat, who Ms McLaughlin knew, was arrested within hours of her body being discovered.
Justice 'finally achieved', says family
In a statement, Ms McLaughlin's mother and sister said justice has "finally been achieved".
Family solicitor Desmond Doherty issued a statement on behalf of Ms McLaughlin's mother Andrea Brannigan and sister Joleen McLaughlin Brannigan, which said: "There was no other suspect or gang involved in Danielle's death and (Vikat) Bhagat was solely responsible for cruelly ending her beautiful life.
"We have endured what has been effectively an eight-year murder trial with many delays and problems, right until the end, all taking place thousands of miles away from Danielle's home in Buncrana, Co Donegal.
"We are content now with the judicial confirmation in public of what we already sadly knew. What further legal processes now take place we will observe.
"We are grateful to the court for allowing us, as is our right under the Indian legal system, representation at the trial.
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"We wish to thank our lawyer in Goa, Mr Vikram Varma for attending to all that for us.
"We are also grateful to our lawyer back home, Desmond Doherty, who worked closely with Vikram in explaining to us the trial process and events at the trial.
"Without this joint legal representation we had, we would have been lost in the process. This was an eight-year murder trial that has been very tiring. We are glad it is over."
The McLaughlin family also thanked public prosecutors and investigators in case.
Andrea Brannigan and Joleen McLaughlin Brannigan also said the quest for truth and justice is "no easy matter, as we have discovered".
"In memory of Danielle, we stayed patient and respectful of the Indian legal system with the aid also of the British and Irish consular staff," they said.
"We are glad to have visited the area where Danielle spent her last days on this earth, painful and difficult as that was.
"We now hope not only that Danielle can rest in peace, but that we as a family can have some peace and comfort knowing that the person who brutally raped and murdered our precious Danielle has been convicted."
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris has paid tribute to Ms McLaughlin's family, praising Andrea McLaughlin's "determination and resilience in the face of unimaginable tragedy".
In a statement, he said that the Department of Foreign Affairs worked with the UK as well as the Embassy in New Delhi and the Consulate General in Mumbai to "seek progress towards a conclusion to the court case".
The Tánaiste said he hopes that the verdict "represents some closure" for the McLaughlin family.
