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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hawker-suspect-confesses-killing.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Tatsuya Ichihashi is to stand trial later this year over the alleged murder and rape of Lindsay Hawker in Japan" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-hawker-suspect-confesses-killing.jpg" alt="Tatsuya Ichihashi is to stand trial later this year over the alleged murder and rape of Lindsay Hawker in Japan"/></a></p>
<p>The Japanese man accused of murdering British teacher Lindsay Hawker has written a book confessing to the killing &#8211; and has promised to donate the proceeds to her family.</p>
<p>The book, which is released today, was written by suspect Tatsuya Ichihashi while in prison awaiting trial.</p>
<p>It details how he spent two-and-a-half years on the run following the 22-year-old&#8217;s murder in 2007, and how he underwent plastic surgery to change his appearance.</p>
<p>Ichihashi also apologises to Ms Hawker&#8217;s family &#8211; claiming he wrote the book as &#8220;a gesture of contrition for the crime I committed&#8221; &#8211; but does not elaborate on the crime or his motives.</p>
<p>Ms Hawker was found dead in a sand-filled bathtub on the balcony of Ichihashi&#8217;s apartment in Chiba, east of Tokyo, in March 2007. Ichihashi, 32, was one of her students at an English language school.</p>
<p>In a statement from his lawyers, Ichihashi said he hoped to give royalties from the book, titled Until the Arrest, to the Hawker family, and if rejected, use it for a good cause.</p>
<p>While at large, Ichihashi said he travelled through 23 prefectures (states) across Japan and became obsessed with cosmetic surgery due to fears of his arrest &#8211; even attempting procedures on himself with scissors. He also claimed to have embarked on a pilgrimage tour of temples on the south-western island of Shikoku, wishing Ms Hawker could &#8220;come back to life&#8221;.</p>
<p>In the 238-page book released by publishing house Gentosha, he wrote: &#8220;I was so scared that I ran away. I ended up hurting not only the victim but also (the feelings of) many other people. I took Lindsay&#8217;s life, that fact does not change.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said he neither had courage to turn himself in or kill himself to take responsibility for Ms Hawker&#8217;s death, and was finally arrested in Osaka on November 10, 2009, while waiting for a ferry to Okinawa. He has been in custody ever since.</p>
<p>In a statement to The Daily Telegraph, Kenichi Kinukawa, the lawyer for the Hawker family, said, &#8220;Regarding the publication of this book there is no comment from the bereaved family of Lindsay Hawker. What the family wants is justice for Lindsay in a Japanese trial.&#8221;</p>
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