Eight years ago, the Tokyo High Court of the Second Tribunal dismissed the acquittal of a former employee who was accused of killing three elderly residents by falling from the balcony at an elderly home in Kawasaki City. It was a cruel crime that took advantage of the staff's position, and the maliciousness was outstanding. "
Hayato Imai (29) was accused of murdering three residents in their 80s and 90s from the veranda at an elderly home in Saiwai Ward, Kawasaki City, where he was working as an employee at that time in 2014. I did.
The defendant pleaded not guilty, saying, "The credibility of the confession at the investigation stage remains questionable, and there is a possibility of an accident or suicide." I did.
In the decision of the second trial on the 9th, Keisuke Hosoda, the judge of the Tokyo High Court, said, "I am telling my colleagues information that only the person involved in the crime can know, such as statements that predict a fall and the situation at the scene." He pointed out that he confessed to his family immediately after his arrest, so he judged that the confession at the investigation stage was credible and admitted that the defendant had killed three people.
On top of that, he continued to the first trial, saying, "It is a cruel crime of using the position of the staff of the elderly home to make three people fall, and the maliciousness is conspicuous. I sentenced him to death.