Family pain on Hannah's birthday

Hannah would have turned 18 on Sunday

The family of murdered teenager Hannah Foster are commemorating what would have been her 18th birthday.

The 17-year-old was killed in March as she walked near to her home in Portswood, Southampton, after a night out with friends.

Her mother Hilary and father Trevor Foster and their 14-year-old daughter Sarah have previously appealed to the public to help find Hannah's killer.

Detective Superintendent Alan Betts, who is leading the murder hunt, said: "Our thoughts and sympathy are with the family of Hannah at this difficult time.

"I know that this will keep bringing it all back for them."

Hannah was abducted just yards from her home in Grosvenor Road on 14 March this year.

Father-of-two Maninder Pal Singh Kohli flew to India in March

The A-Level student's body was found two days later, dumped in undergrowth in Allington Lane, West End, on the outskirts of the city.

The prime suspect in the case, delivery driver Maninder Pal Singh Kholi, 35, has still not been traced after fleeing to India just days after Hannah's body was found.

The married father-of-two lived close to the Foster home in Southampton. His wife Shalinder Kaur, 33, has already pleaded for him to give himself up.

Mr Betts said that he was frustrated that Kholi had not yet been apprehended.

"I still am pretty confident it's just a matter of time. It's difficult (for Kholi) to cut himself off from everyone forever.

"Unfortunately it's frustrating that we cannot do more now but the Indian police are a very capable police force," he said.