The prosecution has announced that it will not appeal to the father, who was acquitted in the first and second trials after being charged with lethal injury for shaking and killing his one-month-old eldest daughter.
The innocence of the father will be confirmed.
It is Hayato Nakama (44) of the construction industry who is confirmed not guilty.
In 2017, at his home in Machida, Tokyo, he was accused of lethal injury for causing brain damage by shaking the head of his eldest daughter, who was one month old at the time, and killing him about two months later. I did.
Following the acquittal of the Tokyo District Court Tachikawa branch of the first trial, the Tokyo High Court of the second trial also said last month that "subdural hematoma, fundus hemorrhage, and cerebral edema'infant shaking syndrome' It is not admitted that there was an assault just because it was there, "he said, acquitting him.
Regarding this, Motonobu Hisagi, Deputy Prosecutor of the Tokyo Higher Prosecutor's Office, said that he would not appeal, saying, "We have thoroughly examined the content of the judgment, but could not find a legal reason for appeal."
This confirms Mr. Nakama's innocence.
Due to the symptoms of infant shake syndrome, acquittals have been acquitted nationwide in trials charged as abuse cases.