Kadoma family murder case Defendant's appeal dismissal To sentence decision of 30 years in prison November 2 18:29
The Supreme Court decides to dismiss the appeal of a defendant who was accused of murdering an unacquainted man with a knife and injuring three children three years ago in a residence in Kadoma City, Osaka. And the sentence of 30 years in prison was decided.
Osaka, Kadoma City, unemployed, Defendant Hiroaki Sakabe (former surname, Hiromi Kobayashi), struck a house in the city with a knife in 2016, killing Yukinobu Kawakami (43 at that time) He was charged with murder and other charges for injuring a 19-year-old eldest daughter, a 17-year-old second daughter, and a 15-year-old eldest son.
In the trial, the prosecutor demanded the death penalty, but the defendant insisted that he was not in a mental state to ask criminal responsibility, and the first and second trials said, “Because of delusional schizophrenia, "It was not enough" and decided that the sentence should be lightened.
On top of that, `` It is a planned crime, such as careful preparation of weapons with high killing ability, ruthless, brutal, and a serious degree of neglect of life '', proclaiming the upper limit of 30 years imprisonment for a fixed term sentence, the defendant has appealed It was.
In this regard, President Kazumi Okamura of the Second Supreme Court of the Supreme Court made a decision to dismiss the appeal by the 2nd, and the sentence of 30 years in prison was finalized.