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Woman, 69, held over killing of British mother in Dordogne

Karen Carter, 65, a ‘well-liked member of the local community’, was stabbed to death outside her home in Trémolat, southwest France, on Tuesday.

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A 69-year-old woman has been detained over the murder of a British woman found with stab wounds outside her home in Dordogne, France, reports The Times.

Karen Carter, 65, a mother of four, was discovered “collapsed and unconscious” near her car in the village of Trémolat on Tuesday.

Sylvie Martins-Guedes, the prosecutor for Bergerac said: “A woman aged 69 years old, who comes from Trémolat and is part of the couple’s circle, has been detained.”

Martins-Guedes said Carter had “several wounds, of which five were deep and caused by a sharp object, notably to the chest, the groin, the arm and the leg”.

“The wounds revealed a singular violence and their placement showed the desire to kill,” she added.

Read more of this report from The Times.