HOKKAIDO (TR) – Hokkaido Prefectural Police have arrested a 37-year-old feminine caregiver for making an attempt to set fireplace to the residence of a 91-year-old man earlier this 12 months.
Tomoyo Yoshida can also be suspected of stealing the person’s money card three days previous to the incident, experiences TV Asahi (Nov. 24).
Yoshida allegedly broke into the person’s residence at a public housing advanced within the city of Bestukai round midday on a day in March, poured cooking oil on a newspaper mendacity within the entryway and set it on fireplace with a lighter.
Immediately after, the person exited the residence, seen the fireplace and extinguished it himself with a brush.
“I was going shopping, and when I opened the sliding door and came out, the newspapers lying there were on fire. I was shocked,” the sufferer mentioned.
At the time of the incident, Yoshida was visiting the person’s house twice every week to supply nursing care.
“]The suspect] is a very kind person. I was surprised,” he mentioned.
Destruction of proof
At some level, the suspect seems to have obtained the PIN variety of a money card she stole from the sufferer and withdrawn 138,000 yen in money from a comfort retailer ATM.
“I set fire to hide evidence so that my theft of the cash card wouldn’t be discovered,” she mentioned.
The incident got here to mild when the person’s daughter reported the crime. Yoshida was arrested on suspicion of theft final month. She has now been rearrested on suspicion of tried arson. She admits to each expenses, police mentioned.
“I write a lot, so I write all night and sleep during the day,” the sufferer mentioned. “[The suspect] stole my money while I was sleeping. When I went to withdraw money [from the ATM] to go to the hospital, they said, ‘The money has been withdrawn from your bank account and there is no balance.’”