SAITAMA (TR) – A courtroom right here has handed a Chinese man a jail time period exceeding that sought by the prosecution for inflicting an explosion at his residence constructing in Kawaguchi City final yr that injured three individuals, stories the Saitama Shimbun (Dec. 16).
On December 15, the Saitama District Court handed Sen On, 45, a nine-year jail time period for detonating of explosives and different crimes. The prosecution had sought a six-year time period.
According to the decision, Sen used a lighter to ignite gasoline from a tank that had crammed up inside his third-floor residence in July final yr, inflicting an explosion that injured three individuals.
The blast broken the residence’s home windows and different buildings, with the full injury estimated at roughly 280 million yen. The three injured residents suffered accidents that took roughly per week to heal.
“Anxiety of surrounding residents was great”
Over the course of the trial, Sen admitted to the fees. Both the prosecution and protection argued that the defendant was in a state of psychological impairment on the time of the incident.
However, presiding decide Kenichi Emi discovered the defendant to be absolutely answerable for his actions “It is inconceivable that he was unable to foresee the harm that would be caused to those around him,” Emi stated.
Regarding the six-year time period sought by the prosecution, Emi stated, “The prosecutor’s sentence is based on the premise of mental impairment and must be described as lenient.”
According to the protection, the three victims later reached a settlement with the defendant and sought a lenient sentence.
Emi went on to say that the defendant tried suicide as a result of shock of a damaged coronary heart, and criticized him for “being nothing but selfish in choosing a gas explosion [as an answer].” He concluded, “The anxiety of surrounding residents was great, and the impact on the local community was significant.”