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Hannah Foster was killed near her Southampton home in 2003. Photo: PA Wire
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A 39-year-old man extradited from India was today charged with the kidnap, rape and murder of British teenager Hannah Foster more than four years ago.
Maninder Pal Singh Kohli was also charged with false imprisonment, manslaughter and perverting public justice.
Hannah, 17, was murdered after she walked home from a night out in Southampton, Hampshire with friends in March 2003.
Her strangled body was found at the side of a road outside the city.
Kohli, who has always protested his innocence, left Britain two days after her death.
He was arrested in India in July 2004 after Hannah's parents, Trevor and Hilary Foster, went there to appeal for information.
Kohli lost his battle against extradition from India after a process which has involved more than 100 court appearances since 2004.
The delivery driver landed at Heathrow airport from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi last night and was taken to Alton police station in Hampshire.
A Hampshire Police spokeswoman said: "This case marks the end of the extradition process and the beginning of the case through the UK justice system."
Kohli will appear before Southampton magistrates for a remand hearing tomorrow.
Speaking about the extradition, Mrs Foster, from Southampton, said: "We have been so focused on getting this to happen. Now it's actually happening our thoughts turn to a UK trial."
Copyright - Press Association 2007
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