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Bill and Julia Hawker, parents of murdered British woman Lindsay Hawker, delivering a statement outside the court house in Chiba, Japan, on July 21. Tatsuya Ichihashi was sentenced to life imprisonment at a district court for raping and murdering Lindsay Hawker in 2007.

Parents mourn British teacher murdered by her student in Japan

Reuters reports from CHIBA, Japan:

A Japanese man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for raping and killing Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker and burying her naked body in a sand-filled bathtub in a case that horrified Japan and sparked a media frenzy. Continue reading.

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