NAGOYA, Oct 01 (News On Japan) –
In the trial of Mai Watanabe, often known as ‘Sugar Baby Riri’ or ‘Itadakijoshi Riri-chan,’ the Nagoya High Court has handed the defendant a sentence of 8 years and 6 months in jail, six months lower than the preliminary trial’s verdict, together with a wonderful.
Watanabe (26) was accused of defrauding three males she met via an identical app, swindling them out of greater than 1.55 billion yen. In April this 12 months, she acquired a first-instance sentence of 9 years in jail and an 8-million-yen wonderful.
In the attraction trial, the place the protection challenged the severity of the sentence, Watanabe expressed regret, stating, “I feel sorry for taking away the money that the victims worked so hard to earn.”
During the ruling session on Monday, Presiding Judge Mihoko Tanabe of the Nagoya High Court identified that “even considering the defendant’s upbringing and relationship with hosts, there is no room for leniency in the motive for committing the fraud.”
However, the courtroom acknowledged that Watanabe “has shown willingness to apologize to the victims,” resulting in the choice to scale back her sentence by six months to eight years and 6 months in jail, whereas sustaining the 8-million-yen wonderful.
Source: TBS