THE father of a British teacher strangled and raped in Japan has appealed for her killer to be given the stiffest sentence possible.

A JAPANESE man accused of raping and murdering British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, whose battered body was found in a sand-filled bathtub, has admitted the killing, but said it was accidental.

THE Japanese man accused of murdering British teacher Lindsay Hawker has written a book confessing to the killing — and has promised to donate the proceeds to her family.

Japanese police today added fresh charges of rape and murder against the suspect in the murder of a British language teacher whose body was found in a sand-filled bathtub more than two years ago.

A THICKER jaw, lower eyebrows and a protruding bottom lip — images of the facelifted fugitive who allegedly killed Briton Lindsay Hawker were released by Japanese police yesterday.

A THICKER jaw, lower eyebrows and a protruding bottom lip — images of the facelifted fugitive who allegedly killed Briton Lindsay Hawker were released by Japanese police yesterday.

THE family of a young British woman killed in Japan a year ago urged the public yesterday to help find the suspect in the murder.

Police in Japan released footage of a man who is wanted in connection with the death of a British woman after failing to make any headway in the case.