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NZ Herald
04-05-2025
- NZ Herald
Murder of British mother in France investigated as grudge killing
French authorities are focusing their efforts on anyone who intimately knew the pair and 'may have been after' either one or both of them, said Sylvie Martins-Guedes, the prosecutor leading the investigation. On Saturday afternoon, local time, a squad of nine gendarmes and a plain-clothed officer were seen scouring for a potential murder weapon in a coppice almost a kilometre from Carter's farmhouse. A 69-year-old woman from the village was arrested on Thursday, local time, but released without charge two days later after police examined her schedule. The savagery of the attack in a commune of only 600 people that has seen no serious crime in nearly half a century has left friends and neighbours perplexed. One neighbour highlighted the disturbing similarity between the events of this week and the plot of a 1970 psychological thriller titled The Butcher, which was filmed in Tremolat. Written and directed by Claude Chabrol, the French New Wave film tells the story of a young butcher who falls in love with the head teacher of the local school while embarking on a serial-killing spree of young women in the village. On the sun-baked gravel outside Carter's farmhouse on Route de Soulaleve, the bloodstains were still visible. A blue-and-white football and a covered hot tub in the garden hint at the life she had enjoyed in the Dordogne region. Demain, nous jouerons pour toi 🩷 👑 ⚽️... Posted by Les Reines du Foot on Friday 2 May 2025 Carter was an amateur footballer for Les Reines du Foot (The Queens of Football), a local team for women aged over 50. Today, the club's Instagram account released a collage of pictures in tribute to Carter, who wore the No 12 jersey and played in midfield. 'Today, we are playing for you,' the club said in a statement. Guerrier is still deeply affected by Carter's death, according to those who know him. 'He does not want to say anything, but is fine,' said a young British woman living at his home. A close friend of the victim adamantly rejected suggestions that Carter, who had been married to her South African husband Alan for 30 years, was in a romantic relationship with Guerrier. The English-speaking woman, who declined to give her name, was parked near the murder scene this morning. Speaking through the driver's window, she told journalists: 'Karen was a wonderful person, she was one of my best friends and it's just horrific and nobody knows why or whatever. 'She had no feud with anybody. Everybody loved Karen, she was fantastic.' When asked about the extent of Guerrier's relationship with Carter, she curtly replied 'they were just friends' and drove off, declining to answer further questions. But a British expatriate, originally from Kent, who did not wish to be named, said that he believed that Carter had started a new relationship. 'I have known Karen for a while, she seemed to be fully in control of her life, a strong businesswoman who had an air of authority about her.' He added that, 'by all accounts', Carter was very happy in her new relationship but kept it quiet and was very modest. 'Crime of passion' Martine, a retired Belgian expatriate who lives a few doors away from Carter, said the murder could have been a 'crime of passion'. Speaking just outside her farmhouse as her husband carried out repair work in the background, said: 'A tragedy for her [Carter]. A love story. It's a crime of passion.' Asked if it was possibly a burglary gone wrong, she puffed out her cheeks and replied 'no'. 'From one o'clock in the afternoon [yesterday] until eight o'clock, the road was blocked, the five or six gendarmes were carrying out a crime reconstruction with the magistrate,' she added. Neighbours and business owners are uncowed by the prospect of a killer still at large. 'I'm not afraid at all,' Jean-Francois remarked as he stood in the front garden while his son played behind him. 'There is never any crime, this is the first time in 45 years.' Another woman, who gave her name as Sylvie, guffawed with laughter when asked if Tremolat had a crime problem. 'Not to my knowledge, this is the first, I hope.' Estelle Lepers, co-owner of Le Vieux Logis, a Michelin-starred restaurant and hotel in the centre of the village, said: 'You could leave your bag in a field and three days later it will still be there.' Gesturing to the chateau's panelled doors, which have welcomed British chefs Keith Floyd and Rick Stein, she said: 'My door is still open. 'It hasn't changed, this is really so incredible that this kind of thing has happened. You cannot stop living your life. 'It's so safe here, too safe, so we can't imagine that kind of thing happening. People are just waiting for the end of this story, that's it.'
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Yahoo
Dordogne murder investigated as a grudge killing
French authorities believe a killer with a grudge may be behind the savage murder of a British woman in a French medieval village. Karen Carter, 65, was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack on Tuesday near the front porch of the gite she rented to holidaymakers in Tremolat. The mother of four was found sprawled on the ground next to her car with eight serious stab wounds over her 'chest, groin, arm and leg' by a male friend with whom she had attended a wine-tasting only 10 minutes beforehand. Jean-Francois Guerrier, a wealthy 74-year-old local businessman, who found Mrs Carter and was said to have been in a relationship with her in the weeks before the attack, was questioned by police but also quickly released without charge. French authorities are focusing their efforts on anyone who intimately knew the pair and 'may have been after' either one or both of them, said Sylvie Martins-Guedes, the prosecutor leading the investigation. On Saturday afternoon a squad of nine gendarmes and a plain-clothed officer were seen scouring for a potential murder weapon in a coppice approximately half-a-mile from Mrs Carter's farmhouse. A 69-year-old woman from the village was arrested on Thursday but released without charge two days later after police examined her schedule. The savagery of the attack in a commune of only 600 people that has seen no serious crime in nearly half a century has left friends and neighbours perplexed. One neighbour highlighted the disturbing similarity between the events of this week and the plot of a 1970 psychological thriller titled 'The Butcher', which was filmed in Tremolat. Written and directed by Claude Chabrol, the French New Wave film tells the story of a young butcher who falls in love with the headteacher of the local school while embarking on a serial-killing spree of young women in the village. On the sun-baked gravel outside Mrs Carter's farmhouse on Route de Soulaleve, the bloodstains were still visible. A blue-and-white football and a covered hot tub in the garden hints at the life she had enjoyed in the Dordogne. Mrs Carter was an amateur footballer for Les Reines du Foot (The Queens of Football), a local team for women aged over 50. On Saturday, the club's Instagram account released a collage of pictures in tribute to Mrs Carter, who wore the number 12 jersey and played in midfield. 'Today we are playing for you,' they said in a statement. Mr Guerrier is still deeply affected by Mrs Carter's death, according to those who know him. 'He does not want to say anything, but is fine,' said a young British woman living at his home. A close friend of the victim adamantly rejected suggestions that Mrs Carter, who had been married to her South African husband Alan for 30 years, was in a romantic relationship with Mr Guerrier. The English-speaking woman, who declined to give her name, was parked near the murder scene on Saturday morning. Speaking through the driver's window, she told journalists: 'Karen was a wonderful person, she was one of my best friends, and it's just horrific and nobody knows why or whatever. 'She had no feud with anybody. Everybody loved Karen, she was fantastic.' When asked about the extent of Mr Guerrier's relationship with Mrs Carter, she curtly replied 'they were just friends' and drove off declining to answer further questions. But a British expatriate, originally from Kent, who did not wish to be named, said that he believed that Mrs Carter had started a new relationship.'I have known Karen for a while, she seemed to be fully in control of her life, a strong businesswoman who had an air of authority about her.'He added that 'by all accounts' Mrs Carter was very happy in her new relationship but kept it quiet and was very modest. Martine, a retired Belgian expatriate who lives a few doors away from Mrs Carter, said the murder could have been a 'crime of passion'. Speaking just outside her farmhouse as her husband carried out repair work in the background, said: 'A tragedy for her [Mrs Carter]. A love story. It's a crime of passion.' Asked if it was possibly a burglary gone wrong, she puffed out her cheeks and replied 'no'. 'From one o'clock in the afternoon [yesterday] until eight o'clock, the road was blocked, the five or six gendarmes were carrying out a crime reconstruction with the magistrate,' she added. Neighbours and business owners are uncowed by the prospect of a killer still at large. 'I'm not afraid at all,' Jean-Francois remarked as he stood in the front garden while his son played behind him. 'There is never any crime, this is the first time in 45 years.' Another woman, who gave her name as Sylvie, guffawed with laughter when asked if Tremolat had a crime problem. 'Not to my knowledge, this is the first, I hope.' Estelle Lepers, co-owner of Le Vieux Logis, a Michelin-starred restaurant and hotel in the centre of the village, said: 'You could leave your bag in a field and three days later it will still be there. Gesturing to the chateau's panelled doors, which has welcomed British chefs Keith Floyd and Rick Stein, she said: 'My door is still open. 'It hasn't changed this is really so incredible that this kind of thing has happened. You cannot stop living your life. 'It's so safe here, too safe, so we can't imagine that kind of thing happening. People are just waiting for the end of this story, that's it.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
03-05-2025
- Telegraph
Dordogne murder investigated as a grudge killing
French authorities believe a killer with a grudge may be behind the savage murder of a British woman in a French medieval village. Karen Carter, 65, was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack on Tuesday near the front porch of the gite she rented to holidaymakers in Tremolat. The mother of four was found sprawled on the ground next to her car with eight serious stab wounds over her 'chest, groin, arm and leg' by a male friend with whom she had attended a wine-tasting only 10 minutes beforehand. Jean-Francois Guerrier, a wealthy 74-year-old local businessman, who found Mrs Carter and was said to have been in a relationship with her in the weeks before the attack, was questioned by police but also quickly released without charge. French authorities are focusing their efforts on anyone who intimately knew the pair and 'may have been after' either one or both of them, said Sylvie Martins-Guedes, the prosecutor leading the investigation. On Saturday afternoon a squad of nine gendarmes and a plain-clothed officer were seen scouring for a potential murder weapon in a coppice approximately half-a-mile from Mrs Carter's farmhouse. A 69-year-old woman from the village was arrested on Thursday but released without charge two days later after police examined her schedule. The savagery of the attack in a commune of only 600 people that has seen no serious crime in nearly half a century has left friends and neighbours perplexed. One neighbour highlighted the disturbing similarity between the events of this week and the plot of a 1970 psychological thriller titled 'The Butcher', which was filmed in Tremolat. Written and directed by Claude Chabrol, the French New Wave film tells the story of a young butcher who falls in love with the headteacher of the local school while embarking on a serial-killing spree of young women in the village. On the sun-baked gravel outside Mrs Carter's farmhouse on Route de Soulaleve, the bloodstains were still visible. A blue-and-white football and a covered hot tub in the garden hints at the life she had enjoyed in the Dordogne. Mrs Carter was an amateur footballer for Les Reines du Foot (The Queens of Football), a local team for women aged over 50. On Saturday, the club's Instagram account released a collage of pictures in tribute to Mrs Carter, who wore the number 12 jersey and played in midfield. 'Today we are playing for you,' they said in a statement. Mr Guerrier is still deeply affected by Mrs Carter's death, according to those who know him. 'He does not want to say anything, but is fine,' said a young British woman living at his home. A close friend of the victim adamantly rejected suggestions that Mrs Carter, who had been married to her South African husband Alan for 30 years, was in a romantic relationship with Mr Guerrier. The English-speaking woman, who declined to give her name, was parked near the murder scene on Saturday morning. Speaking through the driver's window, she told journalists: 'Karen was a wonderful person, she was one of my best friends, and it's just horrific and nobody knows why or whatever. 'She had no feud with anybody. Everybody loved Karen, she was fantastic.' When asked about the extent of Mr Guerrier's relationship with Mrs Carter, she curtly replied 'they were just friends' and drove off declining to answer further questions. But a British expatriate, originally from Kent, who did not wish to be named, said that he believed that Mrs Carter had started a new relationship. 'I have known Karen for a while, she seemed to be fully in control of her life, a strong businesswoman who had an air of authority about her.' He added that 'by all accounts' Mrs Carter was very happy in her new relationship but kept it quiet and was very modest. 'Crime of passion' Martine, a retired Belgian expatriate who lives a few doors away from Mrs Carter, said the murder could have been a 'crime of passion'. Speaking just outside her farmhouse as her husband carried out repair work in the background, said: 'A tragedy for her [Mrs Carter]. A love story. It's a crime of passion.' Asked if it was possibly a burglary gone wrong, she puffed out her cheeks and replied 'no'. 'From one o'clock in the afternoon [yesterday] until eight o'clock, the road was blocked, the five or six gendarmes were carrying out a crime reconstruction with the magistrate,' she added. Neighbours and business owners are uncowed by the prospect of a killer still at large. 'I'm not afraid at all,' Jean-Francois remarked as he stood in the front garden while his son played behind him. 'There is never any crime, this is the first time in 45 years.' Another woman, who gave her name as Sylvie, guffawed with laughter when asked if Tremolat had a crime problem. 'Not to my knowledge, this is the first, I hope.' Estelle Lepers, co-owner of Le Vieux Logis, a Michelin-starred restaurant and hotel in the centre of the village, said: 'You could leave your bag in a field and three days later it will still be there. Gesturing to the chateau's panelled doors, which has welcomed British chefs Keith Floyd and Rick Stein, she said: 'My door is still open. 'It hasn't changed this is really so incredible that this kind of thing has happened. You cannot stop living your life. 'It's so safe here, too safe, so we can't imagine that kind of thing happening. People are just waiting for the end of this story, that's it.'
Times
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Times
‘Idyllic' Dordogne village Trémolat stunned by British woman's death
A group of female players from Les Reines du Foot — the Queens of Football — walked along the cobbled streets of Trémolat arm in arm, wiping away each other's tears with their jerseys. The team, formed of women aged over 50 in the sleepy village in the Dordogne area of southwest France, were packing a van for their first away match without their British player and neighbour Karen Carter, who was stabbed to death this week. 'We are so devastated, we loved her,' one player said before rushing off to console the group. Carter, 65, a mother of four, was discovered 'collapsed and unconscious' between her car and home on Tuesday. A post-mortem examination found that she suffered eight stab wounds across her thigh
NZ Herald
03-05-2025
- NZ Herald
Murder of British mother Karen Carter in France a ‘crime of passion'
Sylvie Martins-Guedes, the prosecutor in Bergerac leading the investigation, said the wounds were made with a sharp object and that the ferocity of the attack revealed a 'singular violence'. She said the placement of the wounds 'showed the desire to kill'. Residents of the small 600-strong commune say the killing was a crime of passion or 'crime passionnel'. Martins-Guedes said her investigation was focusing on those who may have known Carter, but that the motivation for the attack remained open. 'At this stage, no hypothesis is being favoured,' she said. Carter was found dying by a male friend only 10 minutes after the pair had enjoyed a night out at a wine-tasting event. He attempted first aid and called the emergency services, but her heart stopped when they arrived and they were unable to revive her The friend, who met Carter in the village's watering hole, was questioned by police and later released without charge, Martins-Guedes said. Carter and her husband, Alan, have owned their property in the village for roughly 15 years and divide their time between Trémolat and East London, South Africa. They also own and run two holiday rentals in the village, which is reeling from the news of her murder. Carter, who was in South Africa at the time, said he learnt of his wife's murder on Wednesday in a phone call from a cousin, who also owns a home in Trémolat, and read about it on a Facebook post. 'It's terrible. Such a small village where nothing like this ever happens,' Alan Cater told the BBC. He described his wife as a friendly person 'who wouldn't hurt a fly', and said her murder had been very 'traumatic' for the family. 'Everyone liked her,' he said. He speculated that his wife's killer was likely someone known to the couple. 'It is likely to have been someone Karen knew and had an issue with her,' he told the Times. He last spoke to his wife on Tuesday morning and had to break the news to the couple's four children. The family will be travelling to Trémolat next week, where they are planning a small funeral before taking her ashes back to South Africa. Carter had been a member of Les Reines du Foot (The Queens of Football), the local football team for women aged over 50. 'Everyone is shocked. Karen was very helpful. She was the embodiment of kindness,' a member told Sud Ouest newspaper. A statement on the team's Facebook page said: 'We are immensely saddened by the sudden death of Karen, our friend and Football Queen, who leaves a great emptiness in our hearts. Our thoughts are with her family.'
