4 Nov 2009

More bodies found at rapist's home in US

10:17 pm on 4 November 2009

Police in the American state of Ohio have now recovered 10 bodies at the home of a convicted rapist.

The man living in the Cleveland house, Anthony Sowell, has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder.

The BBC says Mr Sowell, 50, was also charged with rape, assault and kidnapping.

Mr Sowell, a registered sex offender, is due in court on Wednesday.

Police said on Tuesday they had possibly found another four bodies and a skull at the house.

The bodies of six women were found there last week.

Police Chief Michael McGrath says the latest bodies were found buried in the back garden, and the skull was in a bucket in the basement.