Sexual assault against women First trial innocence canceled and sentenced to 4 years in prison Fukuoka High Court February 5 17:15
Defendants accused of committing sexual assault to a drunken woman at a restaurant in Fukuoka City, and the Fukuoka High Court reversed the acquittal of the first instance and sentenced him to four years in prison. Was. The trial court's acquittal was one of the triggers for a protest against the justice over sexual violence called the "flower demonstration."
In this case, defendant Yasuhiko Shiiya (44) of Fukuoka City was charged with sexually assaulting a drunken woman at a social gathering held at a restaurant in Fukuoka City in 2017. .
In the trial, the defendant argued over the guilty requirement of "being able to take action in a situation where the opponent could not resist" and the Kurume branch of the Fukuoka District Court in the first trial said, "The defendant recognized that the woman was drunk and could not resist. I can't say I was doing it. "
The prosecution appealed, and the defendant was silent in the second instance on questions from the prosecution.
In a ruling on Tuesday, Judge Justice Tomohiko Onizawa of the Fukuoka High Court stated, "The defendant was aware that the woman was in a state of drunken sleep and was unable to resist. The crime was sneaky and suffered by the woman. The defendant was physically and mentally distressed. The defendant ended up with an irrational excuse, further damaging the woman's reputation and increasing criminal liability, "revoked the first instance acquittal and sentenced him to four years in prison.
The first trial acquittal, along with another trial's acquittal, was one of the triggers of a nationwide protest against sexual violence justice, called the "flower demonstration," and the second trial's ruling has attracted attention. Was.