Sexual assault on daughter reversal guilty Father appeals to the Supreme Court for appeal of the judgment
A father was charged with committing sexual assault to his real daughter in Aichi Prefecture, was reprimanded by the Nagoya High Court in the second instance, and found guilty of 10 years in prison. The ruling was appealed to the Supreme Court.
Three years ago, in a case in Aichi Prefecture where a father was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old daughter at the time, the Okazaki branch of the Nagoya District Court in the first instance sentenced him to acquittal, but the Nagoya in the second instance The High Court concluded that the court was guilty and convicted 10 years in prison in a judgment on the 12th of this month.
The first court ruled that he did not meet the guilty requirement of "the opponent made a significant opposition", but the second court said, "Daughter has repeatedly had unintended sexual activity since junior high school sophomore. In light of the facts, it is undeniable that we were unable to resist. The court of first instance did not interpret the requirements properly, resulting in an incorrect conclusion. "
The father appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court by the 16th.
The trial court's acquittal triggered a widespread ripple effect, with victims of sexual violence conducting protest demonstrations in various places on the grounds that the actual situation of the damage was not understood.