Man found guilty of murder of British schoolgirl

A 41-year-old man was found guilty today of the murder, rape, false imprisonment and kidnap of brilliant A-level student Hannah Foster.

Maninder Pal Singh Kohli snatched the 17-year-old from a street just yards from her home in Southampton after she had spent a night out with friends.

The terrified teenager, who wanted to be a doctor, called 999 hoping an operator would hear what was happening but the call was terminated when she did not speak.

Sixteen-stone Kohli took her to a secluded spot where he raped slightly-built Hannah in his sandwich delivery van several times before strangling her when he feared she might identify him.

He dumped her body beside a road in West End, Hampshire, and went back home to his wife and two sons. Four days later, he fled to India as the police net closed in on him.

After years of campaigning by Hannah’s parents Hilary and Trevor Foster, Kohli was finally extradited back to Britain last year to stand trial.