FUKUOKA (TR) – A courtroom right here final week handed down a 24-year jail time period to a former karate faculty proprietor in Kitakyushu City for repeatedly sexually assaulting eight feminine college students, reviews the Mainichi Shimbun (Feb. 26).
On February 26, the Kokura Branch of the Fukuoka District Court sentenced karate faculty proprietor Tetsuya Nagasue, 62, to 24 years in jail for repeatedly finishing up sexual assaults at his faculty and filming the acts, amongst different prices.
The prosecution had requested a 30-year time period.
Nagasue, of Kokuraminami Ward, Kitakyushu City, was charged with non-consensual sexual activity and violations of the Child Prostitution and Child Pornography Prohibition Act.
Presiding choose Junpei Miyoshi condemned the defendant. He mentioned, “For a long period of time, he sacrificed the personalities, dignity and feelings of many vulnerable children for his own desires, without any consideration for their dignity or feelings. He lacks the ability to respect others, and he cannot escape severe condemnation.”
“Criminal responsibility is extremely heavy”
According to the decision, Nagasue engaged in sexual activity and different lewd acts on eight of his college students, all below the age of 13, a complete of 49 occasions between 2018 and 2024. He additionally took nonetheless pictures and movies of the acts.
The defendant admitted to the costs at trial. the protection argued {that a} 15-year jail sentence was acceptable, arguing that he “had the intention to atone for his sins.”
The verdict identified that the defendant used his robust affect as a coach to benefit from the needs of his victims to coach. The verdict criticized his “cunning and despicable tactics,” similar to altering his conduct relying on the response of the victims to keep away from detection of his crimes.
The verdict additionally mentioned he habitually dedicated sexual acts a number of occasions over a protracted time frame, including that he had taken greater than 500 movies and pictures.
The verdict deemed this to be “particularly heinous even among all sexual crime cases, and his criminal responsibility is extremely heavy.”