The family of Lindsay Ann Hawker feels Tatsuya Ichihashi should be sentenced to hang if the court finds him guilty of the 22-year-old Briton's March 2007 rape and murder, her parents said Monday.
Taking the witness stand at the fifth session of Ichihashi's trial at the Chiba District Court, Hawker's mother, Julia, said she and her two daughters, Lisa and Louise, have thought things through and now feel Ichihashi should face the maximum penalty under the law.
"(Lindsay) gave him a way out but he showed no mercy and murdered her," the mother said. Immediately after the slaying, the mother and Hawker's two sisters reportedly told investigators they did not necessarily want Lindsay's killer to hang.