Daily Echo | Hannah Foster

How science helped snare Hannah Foster’s killer

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:30:00 +0000

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.

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

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0000

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.

A wonderful tribute to Hannah

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:06:27 +0000

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

The Hannah Memorial Academy – how can you help?

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:20:48 +0000

“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

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0000

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

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

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:55:58 +0000

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

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:57:56 +0000

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

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

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:35:17 +0000

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

Kohli was cold and emotionless and with evil in his eyes

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:28:13 +0000

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.

Just a regular guy. . .

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:47:16 +0000

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

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:52:25 +0000

“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.

We couldn’t let horror of case distract us

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:21:42 +0000

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

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:08:47 +0000

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

He never meant to come back

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:04:12 +0000

WHEN he fled the UK on the Air India flight AI112 to New Delhi he claimed he was desperate to see his critically ill mother.

We worked around the clock to get it all right

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:23:07 +0000

IT was uncharted territory for Britain, let alone Hampshire police.