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07/04/2008
Two Charged Over Beach Body Parts Case
Two men have been charged in connection with the death of a woman whose severed head and hands were found on a Scottish beach last week.
The head of Lithuanian woman Jolanta Bledaite, 35, was found by two young sisters, wrapped in a plastic bag on the beach in Arbroath in Angus.
Police discovered her hands along the shoreline later the same day.
Forensic tests are also being carried out on body parts found in a suitcase by a police diver in Arbroath at the weekend.
Two men, aged 19 and 40 and both from Lithuania, are expected to appear before Forfar Sheriff Court on Monday, charged with murder.
Ms Bledaite had been living in Brechin in Angus for around 18 months and had been reported missing by her employers.
(KMcA/JM)
The head of Lithuanian woman Jolanta Bledaite, 35, was found by two young sisters, wrapped in a plastic bag on the beach in Arbroath in Angus.
Police discovered her hands along the shoreline later the same day.
Forensic tests are also being carried out on body parts found in a suitcase by a police diver in Arbroath at the weekend.
Two men, aged 19 and 40 and both from Lithuania, are expected to appear before Forfar Sheriff Court on Monday, charged with murder.
Ms Bledaite had been living in Brechin in Angus for around 18 months and had been reported missing by her employers.
(KMcA/JM)
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Police Find Second Hand On Scottish Beach
Officers investigating the case of a woman's head and a hand being found on a Scottish beach have recovered a second hand. Two young sisters made the grim discovery of the head wrapped in a plastic bag as they played on Arbroath beach in Angus yesterday morning. Forensic tests are currently being carried out on the body parts.
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Officers investigating the case of a woman's head and a hand being found on a Scottish beach have recovered a second hand. Two young sisters made the grim discovery of the head wrapped in a plastic bag as they played on Arbroath beach in Angus yesterday morning. Forensic tests are currently being carried out on the body parts.
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