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Japan murder suspect re-arrested | |
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The prime suspect in the murder of Coventry teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker is facing fresh charges. | The prime suspect in the murder of Coventry teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker is facing fresh charges. |
Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, was re-arrested on suspicion of murder and rape and with abandoning Miss Hawker's corpse. | Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, was re-arrested on suspicion of murder and rape and with abandoning Miss Hawker's corpse. |
He was first arrested at a ferry terminal in Osaka, Japan, last month on suspicion of abandoning a body. | |
Miss Hawker, 22, from Brandon, was found taped-up and buried in a sand-filled bath at Mr Ichihashi's flat in Tokyo in March 2007. | |
He reportedly fled when police arrived at his flat and had been on the run. | |
He has also reportedly undergone plastic surgery in recent months. | |
Miss Hawker, a Leeds University graduate, was last seen alive after giving Mr Ichihashi an English lesson in a coffee shop on 25 March. | |
Her father, Bill Hawker, has called for him to be jailed for the rest of his life. | |
Mr Ichihashi has reportedly been on hunger strike and has refused to answer questions about Miss Hawker's death. |