Foster's body was found dumped by a road two days later.

She had earlier called the emergency number 999, hoping an operator would hear what was happening, but the call was terminated when she did not speak.

Kohli was working with a sandwich company in Southampton, where he lived with his wife and two young sons. He did not have any criminal record and had never figured in a police investigation since moving to England from India in 1994.

He married a British woman of Indian origin and for nine years the family led a quiet life -- until the night of Friday, March 14, 2003, when Kohli abducted, raped and killed Foster.

After the attack, Kohli fled to India where he changed his appearance, used a false name and began a new life in the foothills of the Himalayas, where he married bigamously.

He was eventually captured after 17 months on the run when Hannah's parents, Trevor and Hilary Foster, travelled to India to launch an appeal for help to trace him.

Kohli had initially made a full confession to Indian police, claiming he wanted to unburden himself and pay for his crimes. But within days he withdrew it and put up a protracted legal fight against his extradition.

His arrival back in Britain in July, 2007 made him the first man to be extradited from India.

Hilary, 52, Trevor, 58 and their daughter Sarah, 20, were in court and broke down in tears as the verdict was read out.

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