Nursery school child death accident in Otsu

Last May, the Otsu District Court released bail on a defendant's woman accused of negligence in driving and neglecting in a car accidentally crashed into a row of nursery school children walking in Otsu City. I understand that it has been cancelled.

In May of last year, defendant Shinko Fumiko (53) of Otsu City, while driving a car, turned right without checking the front at the intersection of Otsu City, and thrust the opposing car into a row of nursery school children waiting for traffic lights. Two people have been killed and 14 people have been seriously or slightly injured.

The new defendant was granted bail after being prosecuted, but the prosecutor's office reported that the court had canceled bail and detained from 22 days, according to the victim's defense team. about it.

According to a lawyer, last month, he spoke differently from previous court allegations in response to commercial TV coverage.

The court's ruling, which was scheduled for last week, has decided to cancel bail at the request of the public prosecutor, following an unusual situation in which the case was disrupted and the decision was postponed at a later date.

Victim-side lawyer "If it becomes one step of elucidating the truth"

Following the revocation of the bail of the new defendant, the victim's lawyer said, "In previous courts, the defendants were reluctant to speak the truth. The truth should be made clear, and we hope that canceling bail will be a step in that direction. "