TOKYO (TR) – A South Korean pupil on trial in an assault with a hammer that injured eight fellow college students at Hosei University earlier this 12 months instructed a courtroom right here on Friday that she was bullied and apologized for the incident.
At the opening the trial on the Tachikawa department of the Tokyo District Court, Yoo Ju-hyeon admitted to the allegations, studies TBS News (Jan. 11).
Yoo is accused of assaulting eight college college students, each female and male, with a hammer in a classroom on the Tama Campus of Hosei University in Machida City in January.
The victims suffered non-life-threatening accidents to their heads.
As the incident unfolded, different college students subdued Yoo as she swung the hammer contained in the constructing, police mentioned beforehand.
“You stink”
In its opening assertion, the prosecution identified, “After the crime, the defendant looked satisfied when she saw the blood in the classroom and said, ‘It’s great that they’re bleeding.’”
When requested about her motive throughout subsequent questioning, Yoo mentioned, “I was being bullied. People would tell me things like, ‘You stink’ and ‘Go back to Korea.’ I thought I had no choice but to do it to stop the bullying.”
The prosecution is in search of a three-year jail sentence for Yoo. “This was an extremely selfish and unjustified act, carried out to vent frustration. It has no choice but to be described as a despicable crime,” the prosecution mentioned.
On the opposite hand, the protection requested for a suspended sentence, saying that settlements had already been reached with seven of the eight victims.
At the tip of the listening to, Yoo apologized, “The victims are not to blame. I am sorry,” she mentioned.
The verdict is scheduled to be handed down on June 27.