
北九州市で2017年5月に発生し住人6人が死亡したアパート火災事件で、現住建造物等放火および殺人罪で起訴された元住人・井上浩二被告(58)の裁判員裁判初公判が福岡地裁小倉支部で開かれ、被告は「私は関係ありません」と述べ無罪を主張した。検察側は未必の故意による殺人罪を適用し、12月3日までに18回の審理を行い、判決は来年1月14日に予定されている。
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2017年5月、北九州市小倉北区清水の木造2階建てアパートで火災が発生し、住人6人が死亡、8人が脱出したがうち5人が重軽傷を負った。出火は午後11時10~15分頃と見られ、1階便所前に放火されたとされる。
北九州市で2017年5月に住人6人が死亡したアパート火災で、現住建造物等放火や殺人などの罪に問われた元住人、井上浩二被告(58)の裁判員裁判の初公判が5日、福岡地裁小倉支部(三芳純平裁判長)であり、被告は「私は関係ありません」と述べ、無罪を主張した。
道頓堀ビル火災、男在宅起訴 たばこポイ捨て、重過失失火罪―大阪地検
検察側は人が死んでも構わないとの「未必の故意」があったとして殺人罪を適用した。12月3日までに計18回審理し、判決は来年1月14日。
福岡県警によると、井上被告は火災の約1年前に1カ月間入居していた。出火前と後の時間帯に周辺の防犯カメラによく似た人物が映っていた。
起訴状によると、井上被告は17年5月7日午後11時10~15分ごろ、小倉北区清水の木造2階建てアパートに放火目的で、無施錠の1階出入り口から侵入。住人が死亡するかもしれないと認識しながらガストーチのようなもので1階便所前に放火し、55~84歳の男性6人を殺害したほか、脱出した8人のうち5人に重軽傷を負わせたとされる。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
裁判員裁判は12月3日までに計18回の審理を行い、来年1月14日に判決が言い渡される
Very likely · Within months

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