The Otsu District Court said to the defendant, who was accused of stealing a large number of faucets in Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture, while a series of faucet theft cases occurred in various places against the backdrop of soaring copper prices worldwide. It was an easy crime that I stole to replace it. "
The faucet made of copper etc. has been stolen all over the country such as Kanagawa prefecture and Gifu prefecture, and the background is that the price of copper is soaring worldwide due to the influence of the new coronavirus. It is believed to be in.
Under these circumstances, a 40-year-old unemployed person in Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture, invaded the storage of cultural properties in Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture in May with his wife and stole 21 faucets. He was accused of stealing and invading a building, including stealing a faucet at a closed accommodation facility in Toyama Prefecture.
In a ruling on the 6th, Judge Koji Takahashi of the Otsu District Court said, "I stole the faucet because my life was difficult and I wanted to exchange it for money. It's a typical crime. "
After that, he was sentenced to two years in prison, saying, "I am traveling a long distance in search of a facility that is easy to invade without people, and it is also addictive and malicious."