By Helen Lawson PUBLISHED: 04:24 EST, 7 June 2013 | UPDATED: 05:06 EST, 7 June 2013 Police in India have charged a man with the murder of British backpacker Sarah Groves two months ago. Dutch tourist Richard De Wit was arrested after 24-year-old Miss Groves was found stabbed to death on a houseboat in Kashmir in April. She had suffered 45 knife wounds, most on her fingers, hands and arms, indicating she had fought ferociously for her life. Sarah Groves, 24, from Guernsey, was found stabbed to death on a house boat in Dal Lake, in Srinigar, Kashmir
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Richard de Wit, 43, has been charged with murder by police in India
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Miss Groves, 24, was stabbed 45 times. Injuries suggested she fought for life
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Victim had been staying on boathouse for two months with boyfriend
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