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Hannah suspect arrives back in UK | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
The prime suspect in the murder of teenager Hannah Foster is back in the UK after losing an extradition battle in India. | |
Maninder Pal Singh Kohli denies the abduction, rape and murder of 17-year-old Hannah. | |
Mr Kohli left the UK days after the teenager died in 2003. He was arrested in India in 2004. | |
The teenager was murdered after she walked home from a night out in Southampton, Hants, in March 2003. | |
Her body was found two days later and a post-mortem examination revealed she had been raped and strangled. | Her body was found two days later and a post-mortem examination revealed she had been raped and strangled. |
Now it's actually happening our thoughts turn to a UK trial Hilary Foster | |
Delhi High Court quashed the latest in a series of appeals made by Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, 39, against his extradition on Friday. | |
The 39-year-old delivery driver was arrested in July 2004 after Hannah's parents, Trevor and Hilary, went to India to appeal for information. | |
Mr and Mrs Foster, from Southampton, travelled to India three times to try to speed up the long-drawn-out process which has involved more than 100 court appearances since 2004. | |
Mrs Foster said he landed at Heathrow Airport, London from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi at 6.34pm today. | |
Hannah was killed after a night out in Southampton | Hannah was killed after a night out in Southampton |
He was due to be taken to Alton police station in Hampshire for questioning. | |
He is expected to appear before Southampton Magistrates Court for a preliminary hearing at the earliest opportunity. | |
Mrs Foster said: "We have been so focused on getting this to happen. Now it's actually happening our thoughts turn to a UK trial." She added: "This is the first extradition that has ever taken place between India and the UK. | |
"At times we thought it would never happen." | |
A Hampshire Police spokeswoman said earlier: "Once he is back in the UK he will be taken in to custody at a Hampshire police station where he will be charged in due course. | |
"He will be held in custody to appear before magistrates in Southampton at the earliest opportunity." |