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.

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.

After a trainee doctor was found raped and murdered in a hospital last year, nationwide protests and strikes rocked India. The trial was fast-tracked through the justice system, and a 33-year-old man was found guilty of the doctor's rape and murder.

Sanjay Roy denied the charges, claiming he was framed, but Judge Das ruled circumstantial evidence proved his guilt.

An Indian court has convicted a 33-year-old man of raping and murdering a doctor. The crime sparked nationwide protests and hospital strikes last year.

Doctors in the Indian city of Kolkata say they'll continue protesting until 'justice' is given to the female doctor who was raped and murdered at work last year, despite a guilty verdict. Civic police volunteer Sanjay Roy was convicted of the crimes in a Kolkata court yesterday and is facing a possible death sentence.