Osaka High Court recklessly innocent to inflict mother for shaking infant

The baby suspected of shaking the baby is guilty of reversing the mother who is suspected of shaking Osaka High Court February 6, 19:08

Six years ago, in a trial in Osaka City, a mother was accused of injuring her for shaking her head after a one-month-old girl had severely injured her brain. The Osaka High Court has canceled the first instance guilty verdict and sentenced him as "not undeniable that shaking was not the cause."

In 2014, a 30-year-old mother shakes her body violently after a one-month-old girl who lived in Osaka City suffered a serious injury to her brain at home. Was charged with

The mother claimed no guilty, saying, "The two-year-old sibling I was with was lifted and dropped." But she was sentenced to a three-year prison sentence with a suspended sentence in the first instance and appealed. Was.

In a court ruling on May 6, Osaka High Court judge Makoto Nishida said, "In the second trial, the doctor's testimony that grounds the conviction of" there was bleeding caused by shaking "was" exaggerated. " The content of the first trial was rejected, and the testimony of several other physicians could not deny the possibility of serious injury to the brain even from a fall from a low position. " .

Lawyer in charge "verify and review the investigation"

After the judgment, Mr. Akita, a lawyer who defended the woman, said, "It was a long five years before I was acquitted. Many people supported me, including doctors and family who testified for the trial. Thank you. "

He added that SBS, a child suspected of shaking a baby, said, "I was acquitted again this October following the Osaka High Court's acquittal. Investigators reported on a case of suspected child abuse. It has linked too much to shaking, and law enforcement will need to examine and review this policy in the future. "

Osaka High Prosecutor's Deputy Prosecutor `` Appropriate response ''

Regarding the acquittal sentence, Deputy Attorney Takeshi Unemoto of the Osaka High Public Prosecutor's Office commented, "We will scrutinize the contents and respond appropriately."