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 special court in Kolkata on Saturday convicted Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case. A civic volunteer, Sanjay Roy was named the "sole prime accused" in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 last year.

The court told the convict that he would be allowed to speak on Monday when it will announce the quantum of his sentence.

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 Kolkata court has found Sanjay Roy guilty in the RG Kar rape and murder case. Roy, a civic volunteer, maintains his innocence, alleging the involvement of an IPS officer. The 28-year-old PG medic's death ignited nationwide protests for justice.

An Indian court has convicted a civic police volunteer of brutally raping and murdering a female doctor at work in a Kolkata hospital last year.

BREAKING: Main accused Sanjoy Roy pronounced GUILTY in RG Kar rape-murder case The body of the 31-year-old junior doctor was found in the seminar hall on the fourth floor of the hospital on August 9,