Former Gun N’ Roses musician Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal will donate all proceeds to the family of Danielle McLaughlin when he plays at a charity gig in Co Donegal later this month.
The Buncrana woman was found dead earlier last year in Goa, India on March 14 2017.
Vikat Bhagat, a local resident, is currently on trial accused of raping and murdering Ms McLaughlin.
Guitarist ‘Bumblefoot’ is due to perform with Donegal band The Midnight Preachers at a charity gig in the Plaza, Buncrana on August 25.
BUMBLEFOOT MUSIC CAMP!! 22-26 Aug 2018 in Ireland 🇮🇪 Camp includes accommodations, meals, classes, jams, a local gig together (proceeds going to local charity), sight-seeing, giveaways… click https://t.co/AiFTWyFr7s for details – see you soon! 😃 pic.twitter.com/7PA6SzUCQL
— Bumblefoot (@bumblefoot) July 25, 2018
Speaking on his social media accounts’ the former Gun N’ Roses star said all the proceeds will cover the legal cost for the McLaughlin family for the ongoing trial.
Twenty-eight-year-old Danielle left Donegal on a backpacking experience in February 2017 but was later found dead on March 14, 2017, in the Indian resort of Canacona, where she had been celebrating the Holi festival.
The late Danielle McLaughlin
Indian national Bhagat (24) was charged under Sections 302 (murder), 376 (rape), 394 (robbery) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of the India Penal Code (IPC).
In May 2017, the accused wrote a 29-page letter to his sister, claiming his three friends murdered Ms McLaughlin.
According to the Herald Goa, Bhagat repeatedly wrote in his letter that he was in a physical relationship with Ms McLaughlin.
Authorities in Goa later told local reporters that the three individuals were investigated but their role in the death “cannot be established”.
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