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| Suspect in Hawker murder arrested | Suspect in Hawker murder arrested |
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| The only suspect in the murder of British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker has been arrested by police in Japan, the Foreign Office has confirmed. | The only suspect in the murder of British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker has been arrested by police in Japan, the Foreign Office has confirmed. |
| Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, is being held in police custody in Osaka. | Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, is being held in police custody in Osaka. |
| Miss Hawker, 22, from Brandon, near Coventry, was found buried in a sand-filled bath at the suspect's Tokyo flat in March 2007. | Miss Hawker, 22, from Brandon, near Coventry, was found buried in a sand-filled bath at the suspect's Tokyo flat in March 2007. |
| Earlier Mr Ichihashi's mother had appeared on television urging her son to turn himself in to police. | Earlier Mr Ichihashi's mother had appeared on television urging her son to turn himself in to police. |
| A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are glad and relieved that the only suspect in this case, Tatsuya Ichihashi, has been found and is now in police custody. | A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are glad and relieved that the only suspect in this case, Tatsuya Ichihashi, has been found and is now in police custody. |
| "We are grateful to the Japanese police for their efforts and we remain in close contact with the Hawker family." | "We are grateful to the Japanese police for their efforts and we remain in close contact with the Hawker family." |
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| A spokesman for the Osaka Prefectural Police said: "We have detained a person in Osaka city who appears to be the suspect in the murder." | A spokesman for the Osaka Prefectural Police said: "We have detained a person in Osaka city who appears to be the suspect in the murder." |
| Miss Hawker was teaching English in Japan when she went missing on 25 March, 2007. Her body was discovered on the balcony of Mr Ichihashi's flat. | Miss Hawker was teaching English in Japan when she went missing on 25 March, 2007. Her body was discovered on the balcony of Mr Ichihashi's flat. |
| Lindsay Ann Hawker's body was found in a bathtub filled with sand | |
| According to unconfirmed reports in the Japanese media, police detained a man believed to be Mr Ichihashi at Osaka ferry port at about 1800 local time. | According to unconfirmed reports in the Japanese media, police detained a man believed to be Mr Ichihashi at Osaka ferry port at about 1800 local time. |
| It was suggested he was waiting for a ferry bound for the island of Okinawa in the far south-west of Japan. | |
| He is reported to have told officers: "I am Ichihashi." | He is reported to have told officers: "I am Ichihashi." |
| Mr Ichihashi is thought to have recently had plastic surgery to change his appearance. He is believed to have had cheek implants and lip-thinning. | Mr Ichihashi is thought to have recently had plastic surgery to change his appearance. He is believed to have had cheek implants and lip-thinning. |
| After Miss Hawker's body was found, her father, William, issued an appeal to the Japanese public for her killer to be caught. | |
| Mr Hawker said the incident "brought shame" on the country. |