A former principal who was convicted of receiving cash in return for falsifying a student's survey report at a prefectural high school in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is seeking a retrial = redoing the trial, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office has not existed so far It turned out that the police interrogation memo was found and disclosed to the defense as evidence.
Former principal of Tenryu Forestry High School in Hamamatsu City, Yoshinobu Kitagawa (73), was charged with weighted bribery for receiving cash from the former mayor of Tenryu City, a relative of the student, in return for falsifying the student's survey report. We pleaded not guilty, but in 2010 a suspended sentence was confirmed.
The former principal has filed a petition to redo the trial, saying that the former mayor's confession, which was the deciding factor for the crime, was compelled. ..
Under these circumstances, the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office reportedly disclosed it to the defense on the 31st of last month, saying that a memorandum of police interrogation of the former mayor, which had been said to not exist, was found.
According to the defense team, the disclosed memos total 318 pages, and it describes the fact that the interrogation with the former mayor took a long time and how the statements changed.
Attorney Futaba Kaito said, "This amount of material cannot be overlooked. There are still some parts that seem to be hidden, so I would like to request disclosure."
Former Principal Kitagawa said, "It is clear that you forced a lie to create an unlikely case. I will do my best to fight again in court."
Prosecution's comment
Hiromi Miyaji, Deputy Prosecutor of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutor's Office, said, "The investigation into the existence of the memorandum of interrogation by the prosecutor in charge at that time was not always sufficient. I apologize to the lawyer for the delay in disclosure."
In addition, the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office submitted a written opinion to the Supreme Court on the 31st of last month stating, "Even based on the content of the evidence, the judgments of the Hamamatsu Branch of the Shizuoka District Court and the Tokyo High Court, which rejected the request for retrial, are unwavering."