AICHI (TR) – Prosecutors have demanded a 16-year jail sentence for a 47-year-old man accused of a random and brutal stabbing at a comfort retailer in Nagoya final yr.
The protection group of Naohiro Iwamori claims he was affected by a drug-induced psychosis, stories TV Asahi (May 28).
Last October, Iwamori allegedly approached an unacquainted male sufferer who was paying on the register of the shop within the Mukojimacho space of Nakamura Ward and abruptly stabbing him within the again and abdomen with a kitchen knife.
Security digital camera footage taken moments earlier than the assault confirmed Iwamori strolling via a residential space pulling a rolling suitcase. According to prosecutors, Iwamori used the suitcase to hide the homicide weapon to keep away from detection earlier than coming into the shop.
Following his arrest, Iwamori reportedly confirmed a callous perspective towards the assault, telling investigators, “I guess I’ll get about 10 years in prison. It’s not a good thing, but what’s done is done and it can’t be helped.”
During a listening to on the Nagoya District Court on Wednesday, Iwamori’s protection group entered a plea of not responsible. They argued that he lacked felony legal responsibility. “The defendant was suffering from a mental disorder due to the influence of kakuseizai,” they mentioned in referring to methamphetamine.
Prosecutors, nonetheless, rejected the madness protection, arguing that Iwamori was totally accountable for his actions. They pointed to his deliberate concealment of the weapon contained in the suitcase as proof of a calculated assault.
“This was a rational crime targeting a defenseless victim who did not realize the defendant was armed,” the prosecution acknowledged.
The courtroom is scheduled handy down its ruling on June 3.