
政治団体「NHKから国民を守る党」の立花孝志党首(59)が2025年3月、東京・霞が関での街頭演説中に切り付けられた事件で、殺人未遂などの罪に問われた無職宮西詩音被告(32)の裁判員裁判の初公判が2日、東京地裁で開かれ、被告は罪状認否で「すべて認めます」と述べた。立花氏は神戸地検に名誉毀損罪で起訴され勾留中だが、被害者参加制度を利用して出席した。
AI-generated summary
立花孝志氏はNHKから国民を守る党の党首として知られ、斎藤元彦兵庫県知事の告発文書問題に関連して、死亡した元県議に対する名誉毀損罪で神戸地検に起訴され、勾留中であった。
政治団体「NHKから国民を守る党」の立花孝志党首(59)が2025年3月、街頭演説に訪れた東京・霞が関で切り付けられた事件で、殺人未遂などの罪に問われた無職宮西詩音被告(32)の裁判員裁判の初公判が2日、東京地裁(江口和伸裁判長)であった。宮西被告は罪状認否で「すべて認めます」と述べた。
【写真特集】政治家が襲われた事件
立花氏は兵庫県の斎藤元彦知事の告発文書問題に絡み、死亡した元県議=当時(50)=に対する名誉毀損(きそん)罪で神戸地検に起訴され、勾留中。宮西被告の公判に被害者参加制度を利用して出席した。黒いシャツに紺色のスーツ姿で、検察官の後ろに座り、落ち着いた様子で審理を見守っていた。
起訴状によると、宮西被告は25年3月14日、東京・霞が関の経済産業省前の歩道で、殺意を持って立花氏の頭部を刃渡り約16センチのなたで切り付け、3週間のけがをさせたなどとされる。立花氏は同月投開票の千葉県知事選に立候補していた。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
裁判員裁判において、宮西被告に対する有罪判決が言い渡される
Very likely · Within months
立花孝志氏は、裁判の進行に応じて、被害者参加制度を通じて裁判に出席し続ける可能性がある
Possible · Within weeks

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