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typeof(data.detail.carousel) === ‘undefined’ || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === ‘undefined’) {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar player = data.detail.carousel.el_;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar container = player.closest(‘.metro-video-player’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar placeholder = container.querySelector(‘.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tcontainer.removeChild(placeholder);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tcontainer.classList.add(‘metro-video-player–related-videos-loaded’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A British mother who was stabbed to death in <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/france\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">France<\/a> is seen smiling and dancing with her boyfriend in a video taken five months ago. <\/p>\n<p>Footage shows Karen Carter throwing her arms up in the air to Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’ with businessman Jean-Francois Guerrier in the middle of a packed dance floor. <\/p>\n<p>It was taken in December outside Caf\u00e9 Village in Tr\u00e9molat where the pair worked closely together at a fish and chip van right outside of the bar. <\/p>\n<p>Karen, 65, was found viciously stabbed to death by Jean-Francois outside of her home last week over her chest, groin, arm and leg as she was returning from a village wine tasting with friends.<\/p>\n<p>The mum-of-four had tried to defend against the \u2018frenzied attack,\u2019 which left her with catastrophic wounds, including to her aorta, the autopsy found.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"571\" src=\"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SEI_250029447-490d-e1746515321821.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23032368\" alt=\"Mrs Karen Carter and Mr Guerrier could be seen dancing together in a video shared on Facebook grabs - British expat murdered in France is seen smiling and dancing care-free\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Karen Carter and Jean-Francois Guerrier could be seen dancing together in a video shared on Facebook (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SEI_250026326-04e2.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23027429\" alt=\"Karen Carter, who was found stabbed to death in her French countryside home.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Karen Carter, pictured with her South African husband Alan, was found stabbed to death after a village wine tasting (Picture: Handout)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Investigators believe her killer might have been motivated by a grudge.<\/p>\n<p>Karen had promised to call Jean-Francois when she got home safe, but when the call never arrived, he drove to her house and discovered hey laying in a pool of blood near the holiday properties she rented with her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14676177\/British-expat-stabbed-death-Dordogne-home-village-planning-divorce-husband.html\">MailOnline<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>A friend described Karen as \u2018a strong businesswoman who had an air of authority about her’.<\/p>\n<p>She claimed Karen was \u2018trying to divorce her husband in South Africa but he wasn\u2019t keen on that’.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-611b.png\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23032518\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Karen Carter was described as ‘a delightful, energetic person who got on with everybody’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her husband Alan Carter had been expected to fly to France from South Africa yesterday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>Karen had travelled to Tr\u00e9molat, 65 miles east of Bordeaux, by herself last month and had been spending time alone in the French countryside. <\/p>\n<p>The friend told the Mail on Sunday: \u2018Karen had apparently been in a relationship with Jean-Francois Guerrier for a few weeks. It was really early days.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018By all accounts, she was very happy in that new relationship but she kept it quiet and was quite modest about it.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-9872.png\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23032520\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The house in Tremolat near where Karen was found stabbed (Picture: Marc Giddings)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jean-Francois was initially questioned but subsequently released by French authorities. <\/p>\n<p>Alan had been unaware of the pair’s relationship, and said it had left him with ‘a feeling of complete betrayal’.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He told The Times: ‘It was so obvious that Jean-Fran\u00e7ois had an affection for Karen, and I feel he took advantage of the time we were spending apart.<\/p>\n<p>‘I felt the Caf\u00e9 Village attracted a lonely bunch of people who had nothing else to throw their lives into. 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