The Fukuoka District Court Kokura Branch is accused of murdering an 83-year-old husband who had been repeatedly hospitalized and discharged due to pneumonia of the new coronavirus in Kitakyushu City. He was convicted of a suspended sentence, saying that it was the final offense.
Yuriko Nuriki, a 76-year-old defendant in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, was accused of murder in March for strangling and killing her husband, Haruo (83), at home.
At the lay judge trial held at the Fukuoka District Court Kokura Branch, the defense said, "My husband, who had been repeatedly hospitalized and discharged due to pneumonia caused by the new corona, said with tears that his hospitalization life was" like hell. " It's an unfortunate incident that happened suddenly. "
In a ruling on the 26th, Judge Yoshifumi Mori said, "When my husband complained of a headache two days after being discharged from the hospital, the defendant thought that if he called an ambulance, he would return to what he called hell, and killed her husband. I thought I was going to die too. "
He said, "I was pondering when I saw my husband, who I met after a long time, shed tears while I couldn't meet him because of the corona. In light of this, the murder should be condemned, but not to a high degree, "he said, sentenced to three years in prison and five years of suspended sentence with probation.