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| Ohio murder suspect denied bail | Ohio murder suspect denied bail |
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| A convicted rapist living in an Ohio house where several bodies have been found has been denied bail. | A convicted rapist living in an Ohio house where several bodies have been found has been denied bail. |
| Anthony Sowell, a registered sex offender, was charged with five counts of aggravated murder on Tuesday. | Anthony Sowell, a registered sex offender, was charged with five counts of aggravated murder on Tuesday. |
| Judge Ronald Adrine refused bail because of the "macabre nature" of Sowell's alleged crimes. He also faces rape, assault and kidnapping charges. | |
| Ten bodies have been found, and police were preparing to pull down walls in the house in their search for more. | Ten bodies have been found, and police were preparing to pull down walls in the house in their search for more. |
| Prosecutor Brian Murphy told the judge that Sowell, 50, was "an incredibly dangerous threat to the public". | Prosecutor Brian Murphy told the judge that Sowell, 50, was "an incredibly dangerous threat to the public". |
| Sowell appeared in court briefly, represented by a court-appointed defence lawyer, Kathleen DeMetz. | Sowell appeared in court briefly, represented by a court-appointed defence lawyer, Kathleen DeMetz. |
| She argued her client should be granted bail because he had a heart condition which forced him to wear a pacemaker. | She argued her client should be granted bail because he had a heart condition which forced him to wear a pacemaker. |
| 'Insatiable appetite' | 'Insatiable appetite' |
| The court appearance came a day after police said they had possibly found another four bodies and a skull at the property where he was living. | The court appearance came a day after police said they had possibly found another four bodies and a skull at the property where he was living. |
| The bodies of six African-American women where found there last week. Coroners have ruled five of them were strangled. | The bodies of six African-American women where found there last week. Coroners have ruled five of them were strangled. |
| Police chief Michael McGrath said the latest bodies had been found buried in the back garden of the house, in the city of Cleveland, and the skull was in a bucket in the basement. | Police chief Michael McGrath said the latest bodies had been found buried in the back garden of the house, in the city of Cleveland, and the skull was in a bucket in the basement. |
| Addressing a news conference, he said detectives were searching the home and backyard for further evidence. | Addressing a news conference, he said detectives were searching the home and backyard for further evidence. |
| "It appears that this man has an insatiable appetite that he had to fill," Mr McGrath said. | "It appears that this man has an insatiable appetite that he had to fill," Mr McGrath said. |
| The BBC's North America correspondent Matthew Price says the nondescript wooden house on a residential street is slowly giving up its secrets. | The BBC's North America correspondent Matthew Price says the nondescript wooden house on a residential street is slowly giving up its secrets. |
| Our correspondent says people living nearby held a vigil outside the house this week, in memory of those found so far. | Our correspondent says people living nearby held a vigil outside the house this week, in memory of those found so far. |
| Some clutched photographs of women who have gone missing from the area in recent years. | Some clutched photographs of women who have gone missing from the area in recent years. |
| Sowell - who spent 15 years in prison for a 1989 rape - was arrested on Saturday not far from his home. |