Meguro 5-year-old girl abused death Second trial of mother also sentenced to eight years in prison Tokyo High Court September 8 16:04
In the second trial, the Tokyo High Court said that the mother, who was accused of abandoning the chief care officer for dying a five-year-old daughter without adequate food in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, said, " I can't say that I was not involved because I didn't take it."
Unemployed Yuri Funato, a 28-year-old defendant in Meguro Ward, Tokyo, said he died in March, with his ex-husband, not giving enough meals to his five-year-old daughter Yui-chan and taking her to the hospital. , Chief of Protection accused of deadly death.
Last year, the Tokyo District Court, which was the first instance, sentenced him to eight years in prison, stating that the dietary restrictions imposed by his parents were terrible and should be strongly criticized, and the defendant's lawyer had filed an appeal, claiming that his sentence was too heavy. ..
In the decision of the second instance on the 8th, the Tokyo High Court Judge Atsushi Wakazono said, "I was following Yui's instructions regarding Yui-chan's dietary restrictions, but when her ex-husband was absent, the psychological effects of DV were such as giving rice and bread. It wasn't strong. We couldn't say that the involvement was low because we didn't take the necessary measures to survive the daughter," he declined the lawyer's appeal and sentenced him to eight years in prison following the first instance.
The ex-husband did not appeal to the first-instance judgment, and the sentence of 13 years in prison was confirmed.