In the case of Shiri Ikeda, who was two years old at the time, died in Sapporo City while being debilitated, the Supreme Court decided to dismiss the appeal of her mother who was accused of abandoning the protection officer and was sentenced to imprisonment. The judgment of the year will be finalized.
Defendant Rina Ikeda (23) of Sapporo City did not give her daughter Shiri-chan (2 at that time) enough food and left it in a state requiring medical treatment, and killed the protection officer. I was accused.
In the trial, the defendant pleaded not guilty, saying that he was "not debilitated," but the Sapporo District Court in the first instance said last year that "Shiri-chan lost weight rapidly in the six weeks before her death and was undernourished. Defendant did not fulfill his most basic responsibility of feeding, knowing that he was debilitated, prioritizing playing with his companion, and was imprisoned for nine years. I handed down the judgment.
The two courts also convicted and the defendant appealed, but Katsuya Uga, the judge of the Supreme Court's third small court, decided to dismiss by the 4th, and nine years in prison will be confirmed. rice field.
In this case, the defendant's dating partner was also sentenced to 13 years in prison in the first and second trials and appealed to the Supreme Court.