Court hears last words of Hannah Foster

Hannah Foster's terrified voice was heard in court yesterday as she spoke with her killer during a secret 999 call. The jury at Winchester Crown Court listened intently as the 50-second recording, made when the teenager secretly dialled the emergency services, was played. Hannah, 17, made the call in the hope that the operator would be able to understand she had been abducted, allegedly by Maninder Pal Singh Kohli.

Because the teenager, who was snatched close to her home, did not speak directly to the operator, the call was eventually disconnected. Hannah made the call on the night of 14 March 2003, and the prosecution alleges that the male voice is Mr Kohli's.

Hannah was clearly very frightened. She is heard to say: "That's my, my road... That was where I live." The male voice is heard to say at one point: "Held (unclear) your head down please." Hannah tells the man her name is Sarah, which is her younger sister's name. She tells him she is English after he asks: "You belong this country?"

Hannah's parents, Hilary and Trevor, and their daughter Sarah left the public gallery as the tape was played. The operator, on the recording, is heard asking which service Hannah wants and then the line goes to an automated message. The call is then disconnected.

The jury also heard from Hannah's friend Helen Wilkinson, who was the last person to see the her alive. She was crying as she told the court how she waved goodbye to Hannah after they parted at the end of a night out.

Miss Wilkinson, 23, said the pair had been friends since the age of 11 and both went to Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh, where they were studying for their A-levels. The Oxford graduate and PhD candidate told the jury she had stayed at Hannah's home in Southampton the night before and the two girls met after college and decided to go out for the evening to several pubs in the Portswood area of Southampton. Miss Wilkinson said that they started walking back so she could get a bus home. The jury was shown CCTV footage of the two girls captured at 10.43pm on 14 March. The last time Miss Wilkinson saw Hannah was when she was on the bus and Hannah, walking home, waved to her.

Earlier, the jury was told that Hannah's body was found on 16 March 2003, dumped at a roadside near Southampton. She had been raped and strangled.

Mr Kohli, 40, a sandwich delivery van driver, is accused of her murder, rape, kidnap and false imprisonment, but denies all the charges. He is alleged to have snatched Hannah from the street in his van just after she waved goodbye to Miss Wilkinson.

The jury was told that Hannah's mobile phone data coincided with the van's movements. Mr Kohli's distinctive sandwich van was also caught on CCTV at a petrol station three miles from where Hannah was found. Mr Kohli travelled to India days after she disappeared but was arrested by Indian authorities in 2004 and extradited to the United Kingdom in 2007.

The jury heard a statement by Hannah's mother, Hilary, who said that as she got up, at 5am: "I noticed Hannah's bedroom door was open and the landing lights were still on." Mrs Foster, a cardiac nurse, said she phoned her daughter's mobile but there was no reply and then left a note for her husband: "I have tried texting and phoning. Have left her a message on her answerphone. Will you try again when you get up if she has not phoned?"

In another statement, Mr Foster described his relationship with his daughter as "ideal" and said it was a normal father-daughter relationship. He reported his daughter missing to the police at 10.30am on Saturday. The case was adjourned until tomorrow.