Disability killing case "possibly considered" cannabis psychiatric disease "" doctor testifies on February 10 at 17:24

In a trial of a case where 19 inhabitants were killed at a facility for intellectual disabilities in Sagamihara City, a doctor who analyzed the mental state at the request of the defendant's lawyer testified in court on the 10th and said, `` Defendants are symptoms such as delusions Should not be underestimated for the consequences of the crime, which is considered to be "cannabis mental illness". "

Former employee of the Tsukui Yamayurien, a facility for the intellectually disabled in Sagamihara, was accused of killing 19 residents in July 2016.

In the trial, the defendant acknowledged the killing, etc., and the responsibility ability was an issue, and on the 10th, a doctor who analyzed the mental condition through interviews etc. at the request of the defendant's lawyer went to court and answered the questions of the lawyer and the prosecutor. Was.

A doctor first stated, "The defendant had used cannabis more frequently for about a year before the incident, and was in a state of cannabis abuse."

Then, "It is considered that cannabis mental illness, which produces symptoms such as delusions and thought disorders as a result of using cannabis for a long time. The personality at that time was not connected to the previous personality, and the cannabis was criminalized. Should not be underestimated. "

A defendant's lawyer asked about the relationship to the case, while a doctor said, "The leap forward idea of ​​'killing the disabled by myself' is thought to be the effect of morbid uplifting caused by cannabis. Does not deny that it was a state of cannabis mental illness. "

The defendant was wearing a black suit, staring in front of him and listening to his testimony.