Murder suspect Kohli tells of movments on the day Hannah disappeared

Kohli is alleged to have abducted, imprisoned, raped and murdered Hannah, 17, in Southampton on March 14, 2003.

He denies all charges.

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Kohli told the jury that on Friday evening he was in a happy mood because his flat was about to be sold and he would have money to visit his sick mother in India.

He said that for the first time in a long while he had drunk alcohol: "I was in a happy mood because I was going to India the next week. Everybody would be going, that was my dream.

"I used to drink alcohol every day but I stopped after my mother's accident. I stopped eating meat and I went to the temple every day to make God happy."

Earlier this morning Kohli had described how he had arrived for work on March 14 at around 4.30am to 4.45am and completed his sandwich delivery round.

He went back to the depot at around 12.45pm to return a van to his boss James Dennis.

The trial at Winchester Crown Court has heard that Kohli had an affair with Mr Dennis' wife Carole and that Mr Dennis was giving Kohli money to keep quiet about the relationship.

Yesterday the trial heard that Mr Dennis, who was also known as Jim, had allegedly started to threaten Kohli about returning the money.

Today, Kohli told the court: "I met Jim Dennis and I said to him there's no rreason to threaten me with your brother I will get money next week."

Kohli said that he went to pick his children up from school at about 2.45pm then went home.

That evening he took his wife and children out to some shops and then onto an indian restaurant.

"They did not prepare good food so we went to a fried chicken place two doors away."

Kohli said he had a pint of lager at the Indian restaurant and then on his way home bought three or four bottles of lager.

Later he said he went to the Mitre pub in Portswood for the first time, parking in the road opposite the city bus depot.