FUKUOKA (TR) – A 49-year-old man final week was sentenced to fifteen years in jail for kidnapping, drugging and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old highschool lady he lured off the road with a pretend survey, experiences Nippon News Network (June 19).
On June 19, the Fukuoka District Court’s Kokura Branch handed down the ruling to Satoshi Tachibana, an unemployed man of no mounted tackle, for abduction for lewd functions, sexual assault with out consent and different crimes. The prosecution had sought an 18-year time period.
According to the indictment, the incident occurred in April of final 12 months. Tachibana approached the sufferer — whom he had by no means met — on a road within the prefecture, providing her 10,000 yen if she agreed to reply a questionnaire. He then kidnapped {the teenager} in his automobile.
The courtroom heard that Tachibana first compelled the lady right into a multipurpose rest room at a grocery store, the place he dedicated an indecent act. He later took her to a lodge, injected her with kakuseizai (methamphetamine), and sexually assaulted her, inflicting bodily accidents.
During the trial, Tachibana partially denied the costs. Attempting to argue that the acts have been consensual, he claimed that the sufferer “was in a position where she could freely use her mobile phone, but she did not call for help.”
Prosecutors dismissed his claims as “absurd excuses” and sought an 18-year jail time period, condemning him for exhibiting completely zero regret. They emphasised that administering illicit medicine to a minor might inflict extreme bodily and psychological injury, labeling the case as exceptionally malicious amongst comparable crimes.
In delivering the 15-year sentence, Presiding choose Jumpei Miyoshi slammed the defendant’s actions.
“This was an extremely selfish crime committed solely to satisfy his own desires, with completely no regard for the victim’s dignity or her future,” Judge Miyoshi mentioned. “The method used to deceive the victim was cunning. It was a despicable crime that preyed on her immature judgment, making it particularly malicious even among sex offenses.”