The Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office scrutinized the evidence of a man who was indicted at home for invading an apartment in Osaka City without a justifiable reason. I canceled the indictment.

According to the Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office and the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, the man whose indictment was revoked four years ago in November 2017, allegedly invaded the common area of ​​an apartment in Osaka City without a justifiable reason. He was charged at home last October for invasion.



A man analyzed a video of a condominium shot with a mobile phone and confirmed the date and time of the intrusion, which was a strong evidence, but when the police analyzed it again, the date and time when the video was updated was mistaken for the date and time when it was shot. , It turns out that it was actually taken in September 2017, two months ago.



The statute of limitations for trespassing the mansion was three years, and the prosecution canceled the indictment on the 22nd, saying that the statute of limitations had already been established in October last year when the man was charged.



Regarding this, Tetsuro Matsui, director of the Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office, said, "We conducted the necessary investigation and filed a criminal charge, but we have to say that the analysis and scrutiny of the evidence was insufficient. I want to be thorough. "

Reconfirmed after being pointed out by the Osaka Prefectural Police "Insufficient confirmation"

According to the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, in this investigation, the date of the video left on the man's mobile phone was used as the shooting date and time, and the documents were sent in September last year.



After being pointed out by the Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office, which scrutinized the evidence, it was found that the date of the video was not the shooting date and time, but the last update date and time of the video, and it was found that the statute of limitations was established.



The Osaka Prefectural Police said, "There are some places where confirmation was insufficient, and we will thoroughly instruct and educate people so that this will not happen in the future."

Male lawyer "Investigative agency explains the cause"

Regarding the cancellation of the charges against the invasion of the mansion by the Osaka District Prosecutor's Office, a male lawyer, Yudai Akamine, said, "A false report was made, which put an unnecessary burden on the man. We ask the investigative agencies to explain the cause and consider measures to prevent recurrence. "

Last year, the nationwide prosecution was canceled

According to the prosecution statistics that investigated criminal cases of public prosecutors offices nationwide, 21 cases were canceled in the last year.



Of these, seven cases have been revoked, except for cases where the defendant was found not to be held criminally liable or died.



In July, it is possible that the exported equipment was not subject to regulation for the two people who were charged with violating the Foreign Exchange Law for illegally exporting precision equipment that can be used for military purposes by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. I canceled the indictment because there was.



Also, in September of last year, another person was charged when the Otsu District Public Prosecutor's Office examined the tooth pattern of a mother who was charged with injury by biting the arm of a newborn baby. The indictment has been canceled because it was mistaken for the tooth pattern of.