
大阪地裁、第2回公判を27日に開く方針 無罪主張へ
大阪地検検事正時代に部下へ性的暴行を加えたとして準強制性交罪に問われた北川健太郎被告について、大阪地裁は14日、第2回公判を27日に開くことを決定。被告側は無罪を主張する方針で、来年3月12日に判決が言い渡される予定。
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元大阪地検検事正の北川健太郎被告は2018年9月に官舎で部下の女性検事に性的暴行を加えたとして準強制性交罪に問われている。
大阪地検検事正だった2018年9月、官舎で部下の女性検事に性的暴行を加えたとして、準強制性交罪に問われた北川健太郎被告(67)について、大阪地裁は14日、第2回公判を27日に開くことを決めた。罪状認否から再開し、同被告は無罪を主張する。証人尋問や被告人質問をした後、来年2月15日に結審し、判決は同3月12日の予定。
女性検事、大阪地裁に嘆願書 元検事正の性暴力、「致傷罪適用を」
北川被告は、24年10月の初公判で起訴内容を認め、「深刻な被害を与えたことを深く反省しています」と謝罪した。しかし、同年12月に弁護人が記者会見を開き、「同意があったと思っていたため、犯罪の故意がない」と無罪を主張する方針を表明。争点や証拠を整理する非公開の協議のため、その後の公判日程が決まらない状態が続いていた。
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来年3月12日に判決言い渡し
Very likely · Within months

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The family of a 19-year-old Shikoku Electric Power Transmission and Distribution employee who fell to his death from a power transmission tower in Kamikatsu Town, Tokushima Prefecture, has announced their intention to sue the company, alleging power harassment in the workplace. The company aims to uncover the truth in court, arguing that the company's explanation of the investigation was insufficient.

The Tokyo District Court sentenced Shion Miyanishi, who was charged with attempted murder and other crimes, to nine years in prison in the March 2025 slashing of NHK Party leader Takashi Tachibana in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. The presiding judge pointed out that the crime was highly dangerous and extremely malicious.

In a lawsuit involving a website that imitated the ``band score'' of a music band's songs and made it available for free, the Supreme Court on the 9th confirmed for the first time that the site was liable under civil law for infringing business interests even if it was an expression that was not protected by copyright, and the second-instance judgment was finalized, ordering the site to pay approximately 169 million yen.

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