Akita City Apartment Arson To finalize sentence of 12 years in prison Supreme Court September 18, 19:02
Three years ago, the Supreme Court decided to dismiss the appeal for a defendant accused of arson in a fire that burned an apartment in Akita City and killed one person, and a sentence of 12 years in prison will be finalized. became.
In 2017, an apartment in Akita City was burnt, a 76-year-old man died, and three people were injured. Defendant Ko Kimura (54), who was unemployed, set fire for igniting a box on the first floor. He was charged with invading the mansion and pleaded not guilty.
The Akita District Court of the first instance sentenced him to 12 years in prison, saying, "Because I was near the scene at the time when it was estimated that the fire broke out, there is no contradiction in considering it as the defendant's crime."
On the other hand, the Akita branch of the Sendai High Court of the second trial said, "It cannot be said that entry is against the will of the apartment manager," and canceled the first trial and decided that he was not guilty of invading the mansion, but arson. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison following the first trial, saying that there was no mistake in the crime.
The defendant had appealed to this, but Judge Hiroyuki Kanno of the Second Small Court of the Supreme Court decided to dismiss by the 18th, and the sentence of 12 years in prison was finalized.