WAKAYAMA (TR) – A much-anticipated lay choose trial has begun on the Wakayama District Court, six years after the homicide of a rich 77-year-old man generally known as “Don Juan of Kishu.”
On Thursday, simply after 10:30 a.m., 28-year-old defendant Saki Sudo entered the courtroom carrying a black sleeveless costume.
Sudo stands accused of murdering her much-older husband, Kosuke Nozaki, in 2018 by giving him extreme quantities of kakuseizai, or methamphetamine.
Saki quietly as she asserted her innocence. “I did not kill [Nozaki], and I did not give him stimulants,” she mentioned. “I am innocent.”
Even when the police officer learn out the fees in opposition to her, she didn’t seem significantly upset, and was seen touching her ears and brushing her hair again, based on Fuji News Network (Sep. 12).
“Perfect crime”
Meanwhile, in its opening assertion, the prosecution argued, “The defendant married Nozaki for his fortune, and killed him in order to obtain a huge inheritance through the perfect crime.”
It was additionally revealed that previous to the incident, Saki had looked for phrases corresponding to “perfect crime,” “death of an elderly person” and “stimulant overdose.”
She additionally looked for “text of a will if you want to leave all your assets to your wife.”
She can also be mentioned to have ordered greater than 3 grams of stimulants — greater than thrice the deadly dose — from an unlawful drug trafficking web site.
28 witnesses
In a number of books penned by Nozaki, he claimed to have slept with 4,000 ladies. Prior to his demise, he ran a number of companies. His property is valued at 1.3 billion yen.
In this homicide case, there’s little direct proof, and the prosecution plans to name an unprecedented 28 witnesses to show Saki’s crimes.
Meanwhile, specialists conversant in felony instances have identified that the hurdle for a responsible verdict is excessive.
Masaki Ayane, head lawyer at Your Ace Law Firm, says, “In criminal trials, it is necessary to prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. For example, if there is a strong possibility that the victim took stimulants themselves, [the defendant] will not be found guilty.”
The verdict will probably be handed down this December.