Girl child abuse death mother `` surveillance and bondage can not do anything '' February 26 12:55

In a trial of a 42-year-old father charged with injuries and deaths in an abuse case involving the death of a fourth grader girl in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, a girl's mother said, "I want to help my daughter have testified that such also could not "be if order was intense.

In January last year, a fourth-grade elementary school student from Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, was abused when Shin Ai Kurihara (then 10) died, and his father, Yuichiro (42), was killed as he continued showering cold water on his face. He has been charged with death and other crimes.

Last week, at an initial trial in the Chiba District Court, defendants denied some of the charges indicted for lethality.

In a trial yesterday, her mother and defendant's wife testified that she had been found guilty of not stopping assault on Shin-Ai.

The mother testified from a separate room connected to the courtroom through a monitor, and when asked by a public prosecutor about her current relationship with the defendant, `` I want to divorce but the defendant has not responded and filed a divorce lawsuit. Awake. "

Defendant said, "Before companionship, I thought she was a cheerful and kind person, but after I started dating, I noticed that she was ranted and bound. After divorce and reunion, she became worse than the first marriage. I ranted at me and used violence, and when I talked about my former companion, I was slapped and knocked down. "

In addition, defendant and Shin Ai who moved to Noda City, when they moved late to their second daughter, "When I heard the story about my heart, I was told that 'every day was hell. Defendants were so observant and restrained that they could not help, even if they wanted to help their love. "

As for the situation since he started living with him, he said, "When I woke up, I saw my love sitting on the floor and sleeping by the window. I thought that the defendant was harassing me, I heard, "I'm doing it on my own." I thought I'd stop it a few times, but didn't listen. "

Interviews with mothers will continue in the afternoon.