YAMANASHI (TR) – A courtroom right here has sentenced a former credit score federation worker to twenty years in jail over the homicide of a feminine colleague final yr. During the trial, it was revealed that the defendant repeatedly sexually harassed the sufferer earlier than killing her, stories NHK (June 13).
In her ruling handed down on the Kofu District Court on Friday, presiding decide Makiko Nishino identified that crimes dedicated by Shota Ozao, 36, had been “selfish, self-centered and shortsighted.”
She went on, “The manner of the crime, in which the victim continued to strangle the victim with great force, was dangerous and vicious, and the strong intent to kill was clear.”
The courtroom convicted Ozao, a former worker on the Yamanashi Prefectural Credit Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, convicted on fees of homicide and abandoning a corpse.
On the evening April 30 final yr, Ozao strangled his 40-year-old feminine colleague, then 40, with each palms within the car parking zone of their office in Kofu City. He then dumped her physique in a riverbed within the city of Minobu.
During the trial, Ozao admitted to the costs. The prosecution had sought a jail sentence of twenty-two years.
Sexual harassment
In the prosecution’s opening assertion, they mentioned that Ozao took tosatsu (voyeur) photos of the girl’s underwear by inserting his smartphone beneath her skirt from behind on 36 events between May and August 2022.
In April of final yr, he put in a small USB digicam on the partition in entrance of the girl’s locker and pointed the lens up her skirt to take photos of her underwear.
Also, three years in the past, simply earlier than he divorced his spouse, Ozao requested the girl to exit with him, however she turned him down. On April 19 final yr, whereas the girl was working extra time, he requested her, “Would you like to go to a hotel?” he added, “I’d like to do it once.” However, he up when the girl informed him, “I’ll call the police.”
“Excessive love”
At round 4:30 p.m. on April 30, Ozao was referred to as in by his boss, who had been consulted by the girl. He requested, “Have you said anything that could be considered sexual harassment to female employees?” He replied, “I have said it jokingly.”
The prosecution identified that Ozao’s habits at work was perceived as sexual harassment. As a consequence, he couldn’t bear the chilly perspective he acquired from the girl. So he thought, “If our relationship cannot be restored, I have no choice but to kill her to maintain peace in my life.”
At round 5:30 pm that very same day, Ozao ambushed the girl within the workplace car parking zone. He ran as much as her after she completed work and was moving into her automobile.
When she informed him, “There is nothing to say” and “I will call the police,” he determined to kill her. After he strangled her from behind, she cried out for assist. He then coated her mouth together with his hand and continued to strangle her.
In addition, throughout questioning, Ozao revealed that he had been taking illicit pictures of the sufferer virtually on daily basis for 4 years earlier than he dedicated the crime. When requested why he couldn’t cease, he mentioned, “I think it was because of excessive love.”
The protection claimed the crimes dedicated by Ozao weren’t deliberate good he had emotions for the girl. “It was a spontaneous crime in which he did not prepare a weapon beforehand,” they mentioned.