In the case where nine bodies including a young woman were found in an apartment in Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, a judgment was handed down at the Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court on the 15th to a defendant accused of murder-robbery.

While the prosecution has sought the death penalty, lawyers have asked to avoid the death penalty, saying that they have agreed to kill the victim, and it will be interesting to see what kind of judgment will be made.

In October 2017, in the case where the bodies of nine men and women were found in an apartment in Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Takahiro Shiraishi (30) invited him on SNS to sexually assault him, killed him, and robbed him of cash. He was charged with murder and robbery.



At the lay judge trials held 23 times from September at the Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court, the main issue was whether the victims had agreed to be killed, and the prosecution said, "Any victim resists. "I did not consent to the killing," he said, while the defendant's lawyer said, "The victims went to see the defendant in hopes of dying, and they consented to the killing." , Asking to avoid the death penalty.



Meanwhile, the defendant said in a trial, "I killed nine people for financial and violent purposes. I didn't consent."



The ruling is scheduled to be handed down from 2:00 pm on the 15th, and it will be interesting to see what kind of judgment will be shown in this case where the lives of nine people invited by SNS were taken one after another.