THE family of murdered Coventry teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker have backed a campaign to change the law in Japan.
Tatsuya Ichihashi, the only suspect
in the case of the 22-year-old’s death, is still at large, despite it
being two years since her murder.
The former King Henry VIII student,
from Brandon, was attacked and strangled, after she taught private
student Ichihashi in a coffee shop in the Chiba area of Tokyo in March
2007.
Under current laws 29-year-old Ichihashi could walk free if not found by police within 25 years.
During a five-day visit to Japan,
Lindsay’s parents, Bill and Julia, and sisters Lisa and Louise, pledged
to help the Sora No Kai group to abolish the ruling.
Family
spokeswoman Amanda Stocks said: “They met the group and were really
moved by the stories they heard. It made them realise there are other
people in similar situations.”
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