Hannah accused denies murder

[14 November 2008]

Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, 41, the man accused of murdering 17-year-old Hannah Foster, has told a jury he was kidnapped, bound and blindfolded and forced to have sex with her.

Kohli denies murder and claimed he was bundled into a car by three men on the night she disappeared in Southampton in 2003. He said he was taken to a van and forced to have sexual intercourse with a woman, whom he believes was Hannah. He told Winchester Crown Court it was "revenge" by a colleague over a debt. Mr Kohli told jurors on Thursday he believed he was the victim of a conspiracy to frame him.

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