How science helped snare Hannah Foster’s killer

9:30am Sunday 30th November 2008

This week Maninder Pal Singh Kohli started a life sentence for the brutal abduction, rape and murder of Southampton teenager Hannah Foster – and the use of DNA profiling and testing was crucial in bringing him to justice five years after his vile crime.

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Hannah’s family: it’s time to face our grief

9:00am Sunday 30th November 2008

Since the shattering moment when their daughter Hannah was murdered, the lives of Hilary and Trevor Foster have been in limbo. Now, with killer Maninder Pal Singh Kohli behind bars, Hilary, Trevor and their youngest daughter Sarah will finally find the time and courage to think about where to scatter Hannah’s ashes.

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A wonderful tribute to Hannah

9:06am Thursday 27th November 2008

Reward money paid for help in the Hannah Foster murder inquiry has been used for a school in India.

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The Hannah Memorial Academy – how can you help?

9:20am Thursday 27th November 2008

“Money goes an awful long way in India – so does education,” says Christine Browning, one of five trustees of the Hannah Memorial Academy Charitable Trust The Hannah Memorial Academy is free – but providing books and equipment for each pupil costs £40 a year.

Hannah's killer should never be freed, say parents

7:00am Wednesday 26th November 2008

The killer of Southampton student Hannah Foster should never be freed from prison, her parents claimed last night

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I just waved her off that night and said ‘bye, I’ll see you later’

7:55am Wednesday 26th November 2008

IN THE kitchen of their family home, Hannah had laughed and danced with her mum as she got ready to go out for the night with friends.

She is always in my dreams

7:57am Wednesday 26th November 2008

THEY are desperate, vivid dreams that torture her at any time of day or night.

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"We have waited nearly six years for this moment" Hannah's parents

7:35am Wednesday 26th November 2008

The full statement read out by Hannah's dad Trevor outside Winchester Crown Court yesterday

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Kohli was cold and emotionless and with evil in his eyes

10:28am Wednesday 26th November 2008

COLD, emotionless and with evil in his eyes. They are the words the team charged with hunting down Maninder Pal Singh Kohli and bringing him to justice use to describe him.

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Just a regular guy. . .

9:47am Wednesday 26th November 2008

ON THE face of it, he was an average man – happily married with two young children and a steady income. But on the night of March 14, 2003, Maninder Pal Singh Kohli turned rapist and killer.

She was like a big sister to everyone

7:52am Wednesday 26th November 2008

“SHE was like a big sister to everyone, not just me” – Sarah Foster was just 14 when big sister Hannah was killed. Six years later she is remarkably brave as she talks of happier times.

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We couldn’t let horror of case distract us

10:21am Wednesday 26th November 2008

THE man who led the police hunt for Hannah’s killer has told how he had to blank out the horror of what happened to her as he worked to bring her killer to justice.

I loved him so very much, but now I am finished

10:08am Wednesday 26th November 2008

SHE fell madly in love, charmed by how good he was with the children he had to vaccinate.