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Lindsay Hawker's killer Tatsuya Ichihashi jailed for life
A Japanese man has been sentenced to life in jail for the rape and murder of a British teacher found dead in a sand-filled bathtub in 2007.
Tatsuya Ichihashi, 32, admitted killing Lindsay Hawker, 22, from Brandon, near Coventry, at his home close to Tokyo, but had denied her murder.
He also admitted raping the English teacher, but said he tried to revive her after accidentally suffocating her.
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Miss Hawker was last seen alive after giving her killer an English lesson in a coffee shop, on 25 March 2007.
Ichihashi, who went on the run, published a book in which he confessed to the killing and described how he had cosmetic surgery to change his appearance - including cutting his own lip and removing moles from his face.
His attempts to change his appearance eventually led to his arrest after staff at a clinic where he had surgery on his nose became suspicious and reported him to police.
A Japanese man has been sentenced to life in jail for the rape and murder of a British teacher found dead in a sand-filled bathtub in 2007.
Tatsuya Ichihashi, 32, admitted killing Lindsay Hawker, 22, from Brandon, near Coventry, at his home close to Tokyo, but had denied her murder.
He also admitted raping the English teacher, but said he tried to revive her after accidentally suffocating her.
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Miss Hawker was last seen alive after giving her killer an English lesson in a coffee shop, on 25 March 2007.
Ichihashi, who went on the run, published a book in which he confessed to the killing and described how he had cosmetic surgery to change his appearance - including cutting his own lip and removing moles from his face.
His attempts to change his appearance eventually led to his arrest after staff at a clinic where he had surgery on his nose became suspicious and reported him to police.
Like something out of a horror/action film.
