Hand lands doc in trouble
20/09/2006 12:57  - (SA)  

New Brunswick, New Jersey - A doctor who graduated from a New Jersey medical school has pleaded not guilty to stealing a hand from a school cadaver and giving it to an exotic dancer, authorities said.

Ahmed Rashed, a 2005 graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, was charged on Monday after voluntarily returning from Los Angeles, where he is in a residency programme, said his lawyer, Hassen Abdellah.

The dancer, Linda Kay, kept the hand in a jar of formaldehyde in her bedroom in South Plainfield. Friends have said she called the hand "Freddy", The Star-Ledger reported on Tuesday.

Police discovered the hand, along with six human skulls, at Kay's home in July. The 31-year-old stripper has pleaded not guilty to unlawful disposal of human remains.

The left hand was taken in May or June 2002, according to an investigation by authorities.

Rashed, who was freed on bail, could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

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