TOKYO, Dec 15 (News On Japan) –
A 22-year-old autistic man has been despatched to jail for 23 years for stabbing and killing a feminine worker of an grownup leisure store in Tokyo two years in the past, when he was solely 19.
The protection argued all through the trial on the Tokyo District Court Tachikawa Branch that the younger man was in a state of madness, making his culpability a key level of rivalry within the case.
During final month’s trial, the prosecution identified that he had ready prematurely by buying a knife and making a reservation on the grownup leisure store the day earlier than the crime. They argued that his autism spectrum dysfunction had restricted affect and that he was totally accountable for his actions. The motive, they contended, was egocentric – he considered committing suicide and determined to kill the sufferer on whom he had unilaterally developed an affection.
The protection, then again, maintained their plea of innocence, arguing that his autism spectrum dysfunction impaired his means to differentiate proper from improper and management his actions.
Throughout the trial, the younger man repeatedly made irregular statements and was ordered to go away the courtroom a number of instances.
In the decision handed down on Dec 14, the courtroom said, “It cannot be recognized that the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder directly led to the crime,” acknowledging that the defendant was totally accountable. The courtroom deemed the motive as egocentric and the act exceptionally merciless and malicious, thereby sentencing him to 23 years in jail.
News On Japan – Dec 15
A 22-year-old autistic man has been despatched to jail for 23 years for stabbing and killing a feminine worker of an grownup leisure store in Tokyo two years in the past, when he was solely 19.
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