Two perpetrators plead guilty to serial underground part-time job robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area - Chiba District Court

The first trial of the jury trial of Hiiragi Fujii (28), a communications line salesman, and Rikuto Kubota (23), unemployed, who were accused of being the perpetrators of a series of underground part-time job robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area that resulted in the death of a 70-year-old man in Yokohama in October 2024, as well as other crimes that occurred in Chiba Prefecture, was held on the 14th at the Chiba District Court (presiding judge Koichiro Hino). Both defendants admitted the charges, saying, "There is no doubt about it." On the other hand, the defense argued that part of the amount of robbery damage in the indictment was different from the actual amount.

In their opening statement, the prosecution pointed out that both defendants were involved in a series of incidents as members of an anonymous and mobile criminal group (Tokuryu). Fujii was responsible for four robberies and Kubota was responsible for three robberies, and the request was made to take into account organizational and premeditated aspects of the case during the trial.

According to the indictment, on October 15, 2024, the two defendants broke into the home of a man in his 70s in Yokohama's Aoba Ward and assaulted him to death.They also broke into homes in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture on the 8th and 9th of the same month, and in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture on the 17th of the same month, injuring the residents and robbing them of cash.