{"success":true,"data":{"id":"cf27e57c-aba7-4c54-9ff3-ef60dc74e18a","title":"Woman charged with murder of British expat Karen Carter in France","summary":"Light Dark Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in Woman charged with murder of British expat Karen Carter in France Holly EvansWednesday 22 July 2026 20:21 BST Copy link Bookm...","content":"Light Dark\n\n### Thank you for registering\n\nPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in\n\n# Woman charged with murder of British expat Karen Carter in France\n\n[Holly Evans](https://www.independent.co.uk/author/holly-evans)Wednesday 22 July 2026 20:21 BST\n\n*   Copy link  \n\n## Bookmark popover\n\nRemoved from bookmarks\n\nClose popover\n\nKaren Carter, 65, was discovered with eight serious stab wounds(Indy)\n\n*   A 70-year-old woman has been charged with the [murder](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/murder) of [British](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/british) expat Karen Carter, who was repeatedly stabbed outside her home in Trémolat, [France](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/france), last April. \n*   Mrs Carter, 65, a British-South African mother-of-four, was discovered with eight serious stab wounds near her front door in the [Dordogne](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/dordogne) village where she had lived for over a decade. \n*   The suspect was initially taken into custody in 2025 as part of the investigation but was released without charge before being formally charged on Wednesday. \n*   Karen Carter was well-known in the close-knit community, running two holiday guest houses, and her husband, Alan Carter, described her as an outgoing person. \n*   Mr Carter expressed relief at the progress in the case, noting that it also helped clear his name from earlier suspicions regarding his wife's death. \n\nIn full\n\n[](https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/product-update/quickbooks-improvements-2026)[The QuickBooks updates small businesses asked for. 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