This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.

You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/hampshire/7669251.stm

The article has changed 8 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.

Version 1 Version 2
Girl 'called 999 before murder' Hannah 'rang 999 before murder'
(about 1 hour later)
A 17-year-old girl whose body was found at a roadside called 999 after she was abducted by her alleged killer, a court has heard. A 17-year-old girl who was raped and murdered dialled 999 as she was being abducted by her killer, a court heard.
Hannah Foster hoped the emergency services operator would hear the conversation with Marinder Pal Singh Kohli, Winchester Crown Court heard. Hannah Foster made the call in the hope the operator would hear the conversation with Marinder Pal Singh Kohli, Winchester Crown Court was told.
Jurors also heard evidence that Hannah's blood was found in a van used by Mr Kohli. Jurors also heard evidence that Hannah's blood was found in a van used by 40-year-old Mr Kohli.
Hannah disappeared in Southampton in 2003. Mr Kohli, 40, denies her murder. Hannah disappeared in Southampton in 2003. Mr Kohli, who was extradited from India, denies her murder.
He also denies charges of rape, kidnap and false imprisonment.He also denies charges of rape, kidnap and false imprisonment.
Nicholas Haggan QC, prosecuting, said it was Mr Kohli's voice that was heard during the 999 call. Nicholas Haggan QC, prosecuting, said the operator who took the call could not understand what was being said and there was a system to prevent accidental calls that disconnected Hannah's call after a short time. When he thought he might get caught, he fled to India Nicholas Haggan QC
He said the operator could not hear what was being said and there was a system which disconnected the call after a short time to stop accidental emergency calls clogging up the system. But Mr Haggan said it was the Crown's case that Mr Kohli was the man who speaking in a "heavily-accented voice" during the call.
Found strangled Hannah was found strangled on 16 March 2003 in Allington Lane in the city two days after she went missing following a night out with friends.
Mr Haggan said it was the crown's case that the driver of the vehicle heard speaking on the tape was Mr Kohli, a sandwich delivery driver. "It was obvious the motive of Hannah's abduction was sexual and she had been raped and murdered," Mr Haggan told the court.
The jury heard that Hannah disappeared on 14 March 2003 after a night out with friends. She was found strangled in Allington Lane in West End, near Southampton, two days later. Two days after Hannah's body was found, Mr Kohli took a flight to India, the jury heard.
Mr Haggan said she was walking a short distance from a bus stop to her home in Southampton when she disappeared. It was Mr Kohli's boss at the sandwich delivery business that called police following a BBC Crimewatch appeal.Maninder Pal Singh Kohli was a sandwich delivery driver
"At 11pm that evening, Hannah managed to use her mobile phone to contact the emergency services. Mr Haggan said the "pieces of the jigsaw soon went into place"
"It's quite obvious from the recording that she was in a moving vehicle. In that vehicle with her was a man. Mr Kohli's delivery van was seized and semen stains and Hannah's blood were discovered inside, he said.
"That man was speaking to her in a heavily-accented voice." Mr Haggan said: "He snatched her from the street, he drove off with her in his van, he found somewhere quiet, he raped her, he then strangled her and he dumped her body in Allington Lane.
"The following day, he dumped her handbag and purse in Southsea.
"When he thought he might get caught, he fled to India."
When Mr Kohli was extradited to the UK last year a DNA sample from him was matched to semen found at the crime scene with a match probability of one in one billion.
The trial continues.The trial continues.