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<p><font size="1">The second woman whose body parts were found in
bin bags was named today as 34- year old Bridgett Cathy MacClennan
from London.<br>
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Anthony Hardy has been charged with her murder and also the murder
of Elizabeth Valad, whose body parts were also found in black bin
bags. A special service was held for Elizabeth Valad, originally
from Nottingham, at St Pancras Old Church yesterday. <br>
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Initially, her body was identified through the serial number of
the breast implants contained in the found torso. <br>
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Anthony Hardy who was arrested last week after he was caught on
CCTV cameras has also been charged with the murder of Sally Rose
White, a 31 year old prostitute who died in his flat last year.
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<p><font size="1">The man arrested for the bin bag murders is not
Anthony Hardy. The real Hardy was spotted at a London hospital trying
to get medication for his diabetic condition. He walked out of the
hospital when asked for his home address. <br>
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The CCTV footage shows Hardy entering the reception at 5.57. He
was wearing a black leather jacket and baseball cap and he was without
his beard. <br>
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Hardy used his full name when asking for medication. Hospital staff
said he smelled of drink and thought he might be living rough. <br>
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It has come to light that Hardy was once married and had four children
in Australia. When the marriage collapsed he returned to England
over 10 years ago and no longer has any contact with his family.
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Police are concerned for the whereabouts of Kelly Anne Nicol from
Scotland who was seen with Hardy on Boxing Day. She has not been
seen since. <br>
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Please phone 0800 555 111 if you have any information that might
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<p><font size="1">A man has been arrested in connection with the murders
of two women found in bin bags outside a pub in Camden. It is not
known yet whether the man is Anthony Hardy, prime suspect in the
inquiry so far. <br>
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After a homeless person found body parts in a bin on Monday, police
made house-to- house inquiries and soon discovered Hardy's past.
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A search warrant of his nearby home led to the discovery of a torso
of one of the victims and several saws, including a hacksaw and
an electric jigsaw, which may have been used to cut up the victims.
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Last January a 38 year old prostitute was discovered dead in Hardy's
flat. Although the death was initially treated as suspicious, a
pathologists' report detailed the cause of death as a heart attack.
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Detectives are considering whether the woman died from fright, whether
she was literally 'frightened to death.' <br>
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Neighbours are alarmed by the findings, though he was described
as a 'weird loner.' Ms Azad claims Hardy poured acid through her
letterbox and painted black paint on her door after a leak in her
bathroom dripped into his flat below.<br>
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The walls of Hardy's flat were adorned with paintings of Celtic
crosses and various people. Slivers of dried skin were found attached
to a wall, and on the window sill, a stiletto heel lay beside a
candle stuck in a bottle. There were also pornographic magazines
and names and numbers of women advertising sexual services. </font></p>
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