Niigata girl murder case Defendant apologizes to bereaved at trial November 18 19:28

Last May, in a trial of a defendant who was accused of murder and murdering a second grader girl in Niigata City and abandoning the body on the railroad, the defendant said to the bereaved, "I was really sorry." I apologized.

Defendant Kobayashi (25) in Nishi-ku, Niigata City, in May last year, took a second-year elementary school girl with a car (at that time 7) and took an obscene act, squeezed herself and killed her body on the track. It is charged with crimes such as murder.

The 18th trial held at the Niigata District Court asked the accused.

A shielding board was installed so that each other's figure could not be seen, and the defendant turned to the bereaved family, `` My selfish behavior killed the girl, causing the survivor to heal wounds and inconvenient life I apologize. "

After this, when the defense asked, “What did you think when you found the girl?” “If you check the surroundings, you feel unintentional, and now you can swallow a child walking in front of you. I thought that it might be, and I decided to do an obscene act. "

And for the point that the prosecution pointed out that there was a murderous intent, because the girl's neck has been strangled for more than 5 minutes, “I did n’t think about the time I was strangled. I thought so. ”

Defendant questions are also held on the 19th.