Lindsay Ann Hawker went to Japan to teach five months ago

The body of Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, an English language teacher from Brandon, near Coventry, was found on 27 March. She had been beaten and strangled.

Police said her body was flown into Heathrow Airport on Tuesday evening.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Tatsuya Ichihashi, who fled the apartment when police arrived.

Ms Hawker's father has flown to Japan to appeal to the public for help in catching his daughter's killer.

The footage shows her in a cafe hours before her death

CCTV images showing her with the man suspected of killing her have been broadcast on Japanese television.

It is believed Miss Hawker had gone to 28-year-old Mr Ichihashi's apartment for the first time on 25 March to teach him English.

The security camera footage shown on television was taken at a cafe earlier in the day.

A spokeswoman for Warwickshire Police said the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was keeping the Hawker family updated on the progress of the Japanese police investigation.

Warwickshire coroner Michael Coker opened and adjourned the inquest into her death at Leamington Spa Town Hall.