OSAKA, Feb 16 (News On Japan) –
A person who ate purple pickled ginger instantly from a communal container at a Yoshinoya beef bowl chain, with a video of the malicious incident subsequently unfold on-line, has been sentenced to jail for two years and 4 months.
Footage was filmed at a Yoshinoya outlet, the place Ryu Shimazu (35) is seen consuming purple pickled ginger instantly from the container along with his chopsticks, and charged in September 2022, for obstructing enterprise at a Yoshinoya restaurant in Osaka City.
The incident got here to mild after the video, filmed by an acquaintance of Shimazu, was posted and unfold on social media.
During the investigation following his arrest, Shimazu admitted that he knew his actions would render the purple ginger on the affected retailer unusable.
In the primary trial in May 2023, Shimazu admitted to the costs. The prosecution additionally identified that he was making an attempt to make the acquaintance he was with chuckle.
The court docket revealed that the wasted purple ginger Shimazu ate amounted to a lack of 269 yen.
In the trial on Thursday, February 15, Judge Rina Takahashi of the Osaka District Court condemned Shimazu’s actions as “disregarding damage to the store, selfish, and malicious,” sentencing him to 2 years and 4 months in jail and a nice of 200,000 yen.
Source: FNN