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「手伝っただけです」 移送時より痩せ、淡々と―「ルフィ」事件リーダー格の渡辺被告
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「手伝っただけです」 移送時より痩せ、淡々と―「ルフィ」事件リーダー格の渡辺被告

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東京地裁で開かれた「ルフィ」事件の初公判で、リーダー格の渡辺優樹被告(42)は特殊詐欺を認めた一方、強盗事件について最初の3件は共謀しておらず、残り4件は共犯者を手伝っただけだと述べ、共謀を一部否認した。

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渡辺被告は3年9カ月前にフィリピンから移送された。関連ニュースとして相次ぐ強盗事件と「闇バイト」およびトクリュウ対策が挙げられている。

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「共犯者を手伝っただけです」。東京地裁で11日に開かれた「ルフィ」事件の初公判で、リーダー格の渡辺優樹被告(42)は裁判長から起訴内容について問われると、淡々と語った。

【関連ニュース】相次ぐ強盗事件 「闇バイト」とトクリュウ対策

午前10時ごろ、渡辺被告は黒のスーツと白のワイシャツ、青のネクタイ姿で法廷に現れた。3年9カ月前にフィリピンから移送された時よりも若干痩せた印象で、落ち着いた表情を浮かべていた。

職業を問われると、「無職です」と答えた。罪状認否では、特殊詐欺について「間違いありません」と認める一方、強盗事件については「最初の3件は共謀していません。残りの4件は共犯者を手伝っただけです」と述べ、否認した。

これに先立ち、検察官は起訴状を約1時間かけて朗読。証言台に座った渡辺被告は静かに聞き入り、示された資料について裁判長に質問する場面もあった。

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 公判続行により強盗事件の共謀有無について審理が続く

    Very likely · Within weeks

  • 特殊詐欺については有罪認定の可能性が高い

    Likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • 残り4件の強盗事件の具体的な内容と被害額
  • 共犯者の身元と現在の状況
  • 検察側が立証する共謀の証拠の詳細
  • 判決の時期と量刑の見通し

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