EXCLUSIVE Revealed: SECOND woman stalked and brutally attacked in idyllic French village where British expat was stabbed to death: Six weeks on from Karen Carter's murder, a sinister new development...
Opposite, a road sign warning 'DANGER' urges drivers to slow down to avoid cumbersome farm vehicles – though one might argue that a more present 'danger' in this slow-moving, rural idyll comes from a killer still at large.
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