The Supreme Court decides to dismiss the appeal and a sentence of 29 years in prison is finalized in the trial of a 48-year-old son who was accused of murdering his parents who lived together in a house in Asahi Town, Yamagata Prefecture. became.
Hiroyuki Shibata, a 48-year-old unemployed person in Asahi Town, Yamagata Prefecture, was accused of murder in February for strangling and killing his parents who lived with him.
At the trial, the defendant pleaded not guilty to being in a state of criminal liability, but the Yamagata District Court of the first instance said last year that "the defendant called his parents' office after the killing and told him that he would be absent from work. , It is recognized that he was responsible for various camouflage works. "
He sentenced him to 29 years in prison, saying, "I have been murdering my parents with strong dissatisfaction and disgust. The consequences of killing them are extremely serious."
The second trial made the same judgment as the first trial, and the defendant appealed, but Judge Michiharu Hayashi of the Supreme Court's third small court decided to dismiss by the 8th, and the sentence of 29 years in prison is finalized. It was decided.