Doctor accused of giving stripper a hand

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NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (AP) -- A doctor has pleaded not guilty to stealing a hand from a New Jersey medical 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 Monday after voluntarily returning from Los Angeles, California, where he is in a residency program, said his lawyer, Hassen Abdellah.

Rashed, 26, is free on $1,000 bail.

The dancer, Linda Kay, kept the hand in a jar of formaldehyde in her bedroom. Friends have said she called the hand "Freddy."

Police discovered the hand, along with six human skulls, at Kay's home in July after being called there on a report that a roommate was suicidal. The roommate was not home, but Kay was.

Kay, 31, has pleaded not guilty to unlawful disposal of human remains. Her mother has said she believed the skulls were bought from a mail order catalog.

The left hand was taken in May or June 2002, according to an investigation by the school and South Plainfield police, said Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Judson Hamlin.

Medical school spokeswoman Anna Farneski said in a statement that the investigation is ongoing.

The charge against Rashed carries up to 10 years in prison.

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That's pretty disgusting

People donate their body or bodyparts for science or to help others, and not for some medical student with a hardon to give to some kinky stripper.

Maybe he got a free lapdance for giving her 'a hand' :crazy:

[Gasman59]

The more I read these stories, the more normal I feel....

[faceless]

I knew a girl once who wore a wee jar of fish eyes round her neck, people are strange.

[fritz]

This was a vary foolish thing to do.This could destroy his future or at the least his freedom.

[Skylace]

Idiot.

[eefanincan]

This was not what I had in mind when I read the title of this thread

What an idiot. I'd say his career is ruined. Hope he didn't want to be a surgeon.