Former university student sentenced to 14 years in prison Attack on Toyama District Court Jan. 20, 18:29
Last year, a court sentenced a 14-year prison sentence to a former college student who was charged with attempting to murder a robbery for breaking a policeman into a police station in Toyama to steal a handgun.
A former student at Toyama University, Masaki Maeda (23), broke into a police station in Ikeda in Toyama City last January in an attempt to steal a pistol and injured a police officer with a hammer or a sword. Have been charged with attempted robbery and murder.
The defendant acknowledged the charges, and the lawyer concluded that "the defendant had a developmental disability with which he could not communicate well. He took the handgun because he had been parted by his partner and committed suicide." He demanded that the sentence be reduced.
In a ruling on the 20th, Judge Taihei Omura of the Toyama District Court said, `` Although the defendant did not have a definitive murderous intention, there was a high risk of crime, such as using a knife, and it seems that his attitude to disregard life. Be done. "
He added, "The consequences of developmental disability on the incident are indirect. The anxiety that the offender has given to society and the community is great, and there is a need to show with punishment that such acts are not allowed to prevent similar crimes. And sentenced him to 14 years in prison.
After giving the sentence, the presiding judge said to the defendant, "I am worried that the prejudice for people with similar developmental disabilities will not spread. Atone for your sins. "