
栃木県上三川町の住宅で住人女性が殺害された強盗殺人事件で、知人を実行役として紹介したとして職業安定法違反の罪に問われた相模原市の高校生の少年(18)の初公判が15日、宇都宮地裁で行われ、少年は起訴内容を認め、金塊を取り返す仕事で1千万円もらえると言われたと語った。
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栃木県上三川町の住宅で住人女性が殺害された強盗殺人事件が発生し、警察の捜査により知人が実行役を紹介したとして職業安定法違反の容疑で逮捕された。
栃木県上三川町の住宅で住人女性が殺害された強盗殺人事件で、知人を実行役として紹介したとして職業安定法違反(有害業務の紹介)の罪に問われた相模原市の高校生の少年(18)の初公判が15日、宇都宮地裁(高島由美子裁判長)であった。少年は起訴内容を認め、「(実行役とされる16歳の少年から)取られた金塊を取り返す仕事で1千万円もらえると言われた」と語った。
被告人質問で、少年は「お金に困っていて以前から闇バイトを探していた知人を紹介しようと思った」と説明。自身がグループに加わらなかった理由については、金塊を取り返す相手から逆襲されるリスクがあると考えたとし、「お金をもらえるか分からないのに殴られるのは嫌だと思った」と話した。
「犯罪なのかな」「うそをついて人を集めているのでは」と思ったといい、事件を知ったときは「パニックになった」とも述べた。
「紹介することでお金をもらえるかもとの期待もあった」と話す一方、「(紹介しなければ)事件は起きなかったのではないか」「踏みとどまればよかった」と後悔を口にした。
検察側は拘禁刑1年6カ月を求刑し、弁護側は執行猶予の付いた判決を求め即日結審した。判決は11月19日の予定。
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宇都宮地裁は11月19日に判決を言い渡す
Very likely · Within months

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Juvenile Crime Division announced that Ryosuke Kimura (26), a teacher at a metropolitan high school, was arrested on suspicion of attempted theft and residential burglary after colluding with two of his students to break into the house of a man in his 70s in Oshima-cho, Tokyo, through an unlocked window and search inside. Kimura partially denies the charges, saying, ``It felt like a test of my courage.''

By the 16th, the Metropolitan Police Department had arrested Rino Tazawa (27), a cabaret club employee and company executive, and Kota Fukumoto (28), a company executive who lives with her and her partner, on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Act. Tazawa, who appeared on a YouTube audition show as ``Yamatorino,'' admitted to the charge that the two used cocaine together. Suspect Fukumoto denies the charges. Approximately 0.4 grams of cocaine, as well as 21 bags containing white powder and straws were seized from the home, and the suspected use of the drug is also being investigated.

Former professional boxing world champion Yasue Yakushiji (58) and his girlfriend (29) were indicted on charges of falsifying and using a sealed private document for submitting a forged adoption notification, and the Nagoya District Court sentenced them to one year in prison, suspended for three years (one year in prison). Prosecutors pointed out that while the divorce agreement could not be reached, he plotted to adopt the woman in order to have her take the same surname and inherit his property. The defense had asked for a suspended sentence, citing remorse.

In 2018, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested two Korean men on suspicion of attempting to steal approximately 47 million yen in cash in Taito Ward, Tokyo. He was captured in South Korea, where he had fled, and was extradited based on the Japan-South Korea extradition treaty.

On the 15th, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested two Korean nationals who were extradited from South Korea on suspicion of attempted robbery in 2018 in Taito Ward, Tokyo, in an attempt to steal cash from a precious metals purchasing business. He left the country on the day of the incident and was on an international wanted list.

On the 15th, the Tokyo District Court sentenced Masayuki Hosono (52), the former owner of a private massage parlor in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, to five years in prison and a fine of 1 million yen. He was charged with violating the Child Welfare Act for having a 12-year-old Thai girl perform sexual services at the time. Prosecutors had asked for six years in prison and a fine of 2 million yen.