An India police volunteer was convicted on Saturday of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital in the eastern city Kolkata, local media reported, in a speedy trial of a crime that sparked national outrage over the lack of safety for women.

A court in India has convicted a man of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor - a crime that sparked nationwide outrage. Sanjay Roy, a hospital volunteer worker, was found guilty over the attack, which happened in August last year at a hospital in Kolkata city in West Bengal state.

A special court in Kolkata has given its verdict in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The case pertains to the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor. Her body was found on August 9 in the seminar room of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The horrific crime that sparked nationwide outrage and protests over workplace safety for medical professionals has reached a conclusion, with the main accused now officially found guilty.

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) -An Indian police volunteer was convicted on Saturday of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital in the eastern city Kolkata, in the speedy trial of a crime that sparked national outrage over a lack of safety for women.

Kolkata: A court in Kolkata found Sanjay Roy guilty on Saturday of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Justice Anirban Das pronounced the verdict, with sentencing scheduled for Monday.

A CBI court has convicted Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer with Kolkata Police, for raping and murdering a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year. Roy was arrested a day after the brutal incident on August 9 and charged with both rape and murder.