AICHI (TR) – A 44-year-old man accused of forcing a lady to drink a considerable amount of alcohol and trying to sexual assault her earlier than her demise three years in the past has denied the allegations on the opening of his trial right here, stories Kyodo News (Mar. 2).
At the Nagoya District Court on Monday, Hiroki Itaya, who lives in Nagoya’s Minato Ward, denied allegations of indecent assault inflicting demise and kidnapping for indecent functions.
“It is true that the woman died as a result of my outward actions, but I had absolutely no indecent intent,” Itoya instructed the Nagoya District Court.
On May 7, 2023, Itaya allegedly compelled the lady, 25, to drink 32 pictures of tequila at a bar in Nagoya’s Naka Ward, in keeping with the indictment.
The defendant then allegedly took the lady to a lodging facility within the ward the place he tried to have intercourse along with her. However, he gave up when he realized she was in a vital situation.
On June 21, she died from hypoxic encephalopathy as a consequence of acute alcohol poisoning.
“You can still drink, right?”
In its opening assertion, the prosecution identified that Itaya instructed a bartender on the bar to name out to the lady, whom he had by no means met earlier than. He then had her drink the 32 pictures of tequila over the course of roughly 90 minutes. During the session, he inspired her to maintain going. He requested, “You can still drink, right?”
The prosecution additionally acknowledged that Itaya made sexual advances, together with inviting her to a resort and touching her breasts over her garments.
The protection argued for innocence, saying that there was no indecent intent.
“Half-criminals”
A report showing on the positioning for weekly tabloid Flash in 2023 says that Itaya is the previous chief of a bosozoku bike gang who at present leads a gang of so-called “half-criminals.”
According to the article, he and members of his gang have been accused of theft and theft on quite a few occaions. In 2019, he was accused of smuggling counterfeit division retailer reward certificates.