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All assaults on foreigners have taken place in the streets, and at night the houses of the Foreign Ministers are guarded by several hundred soldiers, and when, a few days ago, Mr. A Japanese man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for raping and killing Briton Lindsay Hawker and burying her naked body in a sand-filled bathtub, in a case that horrified Japan and. 3. ”. Slavery. A JAPANESE man has been sentenced to life for the rape and murder of British teacher Lindsay Hawker. Kantō and Chūbu. 3. 43 ESTMayhem by J. Rushdie said in a written statement today, "I am extremely distressed by the news of the murder of Mr. A Japanese man convicted of raping and murdering a British teacher has been sentenced to life in prison. Want to Read. The jury of 10 men and two women took 10-and-a-half hours to convict Brown of both murder charges on Thursday. Under the law, an escort is very different than a prostitute. As a violent storm rages on outside. 98. The color of Aries is RED. 4. 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