News of the charges came shortly after police released CCTV footage showing the dual Irish-British national on the day before her death. Bhagat, 24, described by local people as a gang member and petty criminal, was arrested within four hours of police being alerted to the discovery of McLaughlin’s body. A vigil was held on Wednesday evening near where McLaughlin’s body was found, attended by about 200 locals and tourists, who lit candles and laid wreaths and flowers on the grass. Saskia Gall, a British national who was asked to help identify McLaughlin’s body, said there had been significant “contamination of evidence” at the crime scene. “She was just like, ‘yeah, yeah, yeah’,” he said.

Source: The Guardian March 16, 2017 11:43 UTC