Parents of murdered Guernsey woman Sarah Groves convinced trial will never conclude

Serena Sandhu sat down with Vic and Kate Groves ten years on from their daughter's death.

The parents of murdered Guernsey woman Sarah Groves say they are convinced the court case into her death will not reach a conclusion.

It has been ten years since the 24-year-old was killed on a houseboat in Kashmir in April 2013.

Dutch national Richard De Wit is accused of her murder but the court case has stalled after he was deemed unfit to stand trial.

There have been more than 200 scheduled hearings.

"He has supposedly been having treatment but we don't know where or how effective, so the trial itself has all but petered out frankly," Sarah's father Vic Groves said.

"We are unavoidably wrapped up in international politics and we have a British government who haven't stood by us.

"Nothing has worked out in our favour as the political situation between federal India and Kashmir is at an all time low."

Sarah's mum, Kate Groves, says the couple will never get closure on their daughter's death.

She says: "It can't be closure because I will live it until our last breath."

Since Sarah's death, a foundation set up in her memory has helped to support young people in Guernsey.

Kate Groves remembers her daughter as 'a joy from the moment she was born.'

She says: 'If she walked into the room her smile would light it up, just a natural, easy smile.

"She was easy to talk to and cared about everybody, never any trouble, always swam with the tide.

Kate says the Sarah Groves Foundation would warm Sarah's heart: "The foundation is a reflection of the affection in which Sarah was held.

"The children's library and the new arts centre in Mill Street because art was a passion to Sarah."