TOKYO, Jan 21 (News On Japan) –
A person accused of stealing objects from a comfort retailer and assaulting an worker who chased after him, inflicting accidents, has been sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Masayuki Echizenya, 50, was charged over an incident in 2024 at a comfort retailer in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, the place prosecutors stated he stole merchandise after which repeatedly headbutted the shop supervisor within the face because the supervisor pursued him, leaving the sufferer with accidents requiring about two weeks to heal.
Echizenya advised an FNN interview on the Tokyo Detention House earlier than his first courtroom look that he stole the objects as a result of he wished to trigger hassle for the shop.
In its ruling on January twenty first, the Tokyo District Court stated Echizenya persistently used violence and threats with out restraint, describing his actions as harmful and malicious, and criticized the assault as egocentric, stating that he carried out the crime out of anger after being confronted by employees and with the goal of inflicting harm to the shop.
Source: FNN