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| Man found guilty of Hannah murder | Man found guilty of Hannah murder |
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| A man has been found guilty of kidnapping, raping and murdering 17-year-old Hannah Foster in Southampton. | A man has been found guilty of kidnapping, raping and murdering 17-year-old Hannah Foster in Southampton. |
| Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, 41, was convicted by a jury at Winchester Crown Court more than five years after Hannah was found strangled. | Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, 41, was convicted by a jury at Winchester Crown Court more than five years after Hannah was found strangled. |
| She had been walking a short distance home after a night out when she went missing on 14 March 2003. Her body was found by the roadside two days later. | She had been walking a short distance home after a night out when she went missing on 14 March 2003. Her body was found by the roadside two days later. |
| Kohli had denied false imprisonment, kidnap, rape and murder. | Kohli had denied false imprisonment, kidnap, rape and murder. |
| He snatched the teenager from a street yards from her home in Southampton after she had spent an evening with friends. | He snatched the teenager from a street yards from her home in Southampton after she had spent an evening with friends. |
| Body dumped | |
| The A-level student called 999, hoping an operator would hear what was happening, but the call was terminated when she did not speak. | The A-level student called 999, hoping an operator would hear what was happening, but the call was terminated when she did not speak. |
| Kohli dumped her body next to a road in Allington Lane, West End, and went back home to his wife and two sons. | Kohli dumped her body next to a road in Allington Lane, West End, and went back home to his wife and two sons. |
| Maninder Pal Singh Kohli denied all the charges against him How net closed in on suspect | |
| Four days later, he fled to India. | |
| After more than four years of campaigning by Hannah's parents Hilary and Trevor Foster, Kohli was finally extradited back to Britain last year to stand trial. | |
| Kohli shook his head only slightly but showed no other emotion as the four unanimous verdicts were delivered on Tuesday. | |
| Hearing the guilty verdict on the first count of murder, Hannah's sister Sarah and her mother sobbed and hugged each other while Hannah's father helped comfort them. | |
| The jury took five-and-a-half hours to reach its decision. | |
| The judge adjourned the case for 10 minutes before passing down his sentence. | |
| Kohli, dressed in a grey suit and blue shirt and flanked by three security guards, was taken from the court. |