Sep 30 2007
TOKYO MAFIA HIDES LINDSAY STRANGLER
Police hunting the killer of English teacher Lindsay Hawker are scouring Tokyo’s red-light district amid claims he is being hidden by the Japanese mafia.
More than 140 officers are searching the massage parlours, sex shops and bars of Kabukicho after 12 sightings of fugitive Tatsuya Ichihashi, 28, since September 18.
The area is controlled by the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and police think they may be hiding Ichihashi. Lindsay, 22, from Brandon, Warwicks, was killed after giving him an English lesson at a coffee shop near his Tokyo home. She was found strangled and buried in a bath full of sand on the balcony of his flat on March 26. Police let Ichihashi walk free from his home after going there to question him.
A Tokyo police source said: “There was a growing fear Ichihashi had killed himself but the sightings have convinced us the Yakuza is helping him. The feeling is he’ll slip up soon. That’s why a huge team are working 24 hours a day.”
Lindsay’s father Bill said: “We are encouraged by these sightings and we urge people to stay vigilant.”
TOKYO MAFIA HIDES LINDSAY STRANGLER - EXCLUSIVE - By Nick Owens - 30/09/2007 - http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2007/09/30/tokyo-mafia-hides-lindsay-strangler-98487-19870684/
