OSAKA (TR) – A court docket right here has upheld a earlier ruling that acquitted a 30-year-old lady of murdering her rich husband, who was referred to as the “Don Juan of Kishu,” experiences Nippon News Network (Mar. 23).
Sudo had been charged with murdering her ex-husband, businessman Kosuke Nozaki at his dwelling in Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture by administering a deadly dose of methamphetamine in May 2018.
On Monday, the Osaka High Court acquitted Saki Sudo of homicide and violating the Stimulants Control Act .
In the primary trial on the Wakayama District Court, Sudo maintained her innocence. Meanwhile the prosecution introduced circumstantial proof, together with that Sudo had looked for phrases like “methamphetamine death” on her smartphone.
Nozaki, aged 77 on the time of his demise, referred to as himself “Don Juan of Kishu.” In a number of books penned by Nozaki, he claimed to have slept with 4,000 ladies and supplied them a complete of three billion yen in remuneration.
Prior to his demise, Nozaki ran a number of companies. His property is valued at 1.3 billion yen.
In upholding the ruling, the Osaka High Court said that the earlier ruling was “not unreasonable” in dismissing the prosecution’s attraction.
Regarding smartphone search historical past, the court docket identified that “people sometimes simply input their interests.”
The Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office said that it could “carefully examine the judgment and respond appropriately.”