According to an interview with a person concerned, the prosecution decided that the boy arrested for murdering a woman at a commercial facility in Fukuoka City could be held accountable as a result of a psychological examination.
On the 24th, the policy is to send the boy to the family court with the opinion that "criminal penalties are appropriate".
In August, a 15-year-old boy who entered a rehabilitation facility in Fukuoka Prefecture was suspected of murder because he stabbed a 21-year-old woman with a kitchen knife and killed him at the commercial facility "MARK IS Fukuoka Momochi" in Fukuoka City. Was arrested for.
The Fukuoka District Public Prosecutor's Office conducted an "appraisal detention" to examine the criminal responsibility of boys for about three months, and a specialist doctor assessed the mental condition at that time.
According to the people concerned, the prosecution decided that the boy's responsibility could be questioned based on the appraisal results.
The policy is to send the boy to the Fukuoka Family Court on the 24th, with the opinion that "criminal penalties are appropriate" asking him to be tried in the same way as an adult.
From now
on, it will be decided
through the referee of the family court
whether to send it to the juvenile training school or send it
back to the public prosecutor's office for prosecution.