"Nabari Poisonous Wine Case" 59 Years Ago: Attorneys Submit New Evidence to High Court October 29, 5:50

59 years ago, in the "Nabari Poisonous Wine Case" in which five women were killed in Nabari City, Mie Prefecture, a lawyer seeking a retrial = redoing the trial submitted new evidence to the Nagoya High Court.

According to the testimony that the paper that had been sealed at the spout of the wine bottle had glue of ingredients different from the manufacturing stage, the lawyers said, "The poison was put in another place and sealed. It's a serious new proof of that. "

In the "Nabari Poisonous Wine Case" in Nabari City, Mie Prefecture, where pesticides were put into wine and five women were killed in 1958, the death penalty was confirmed after Katsutoshi Okunishi was acquitted in the first instance. He continued to seek retrial, but died five years ago at the age of 89 due to pneumonia.



My sister Miyoko Oka (90) filed a 10th retrial request with the Nagoya High Court on her behalf, but she was rejected three years ago and is currently filing an objection.



Under these circumstances, with the permission of the court, in August, a paper called "sealing paper" was used to seal the spout of wine bottles using a device that shines infrared rays to identify substances. As a result of the investigation, it was found that the glue of the component different from the manufacturing stage was attached.



The defense team compiled the expert opinion and submitted it to the Nagoya High Court on the 28th as new evidence.



According to a finalized ruling, the sealing paper was torn when former death row prisoner Okunishi put pesticides in the community center where he was on the scene.



Attorney Izumi Suzuki, the lawyer's chief, said at a press conference, "As a result of this appraisal, it is possible that the poison was put in a place other than the place where the judgment was found and sealed with glue. There is a true criminal. Is a significant new proof that has been revealed. "



In the future, the Nagoya High Court will decide whether to use the certificate as evidence.