Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries murder case 2 trial acquitted "legitimate defense" October 20, 11:59
A former administrative vice-minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has begun two trials on charges of murdering his eldest son, and a lawyer said, "I feel that my eldest son will kill me and reflexively kill him, which is a legitimate defense." , I changed some of the claims from the first instance that admitted the content of the indictment and pleaded not guilty.
Hideaki Kumazawa, a 77-year-old former administrative vice-minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, was accused of murdering his 44-year-old eldest son with a kitchen knife at his home in Nerima Ward, Tokyo last June.
In the first instance, the indicted content was admitted, and the attorney also requested a suspended sentence, but the Tokyo District Court sentenced him to six years in prison, and the defense appealed.
On the 20th, the trial of the second trial began at the Tokyo High Court, and the defendant's attorney said that the judgment of the first trial was incorrect, and said, "I was assaulted by my eldest son six days before the case and I was extremely frightened. He said, "I'll kill you" in a terrible manner, and when he was killed, he felt that he would be killed, and he was reflexively involved in the killing. Insisted.
Furthermore, regarding the reason for adding such a claim, "In the first instance, I did not claim self-defense because of the defendant's intention to atone for the crime, but it is most immediate to think of it as self-defense or misunderstanding defense. I'm doing it. "
The defendant was released on bail after a trial decision and was listening to the attorney's allegations in court while reading the paper at hand.
Meanwhile, the prosecution demanded that the appeal be dismissed.