In the case of a hostage standing up at an internet cafe in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, the suspect was sentenced to another standing up case, and although he got a job after being released in April, it was investigated that he had quit earlier this month. I found out by interviewing the people concerned.


Since then, the police have been investigating the circumstances leading up to the incident, as they have been wandering around Internet cafes.

Koji Nagakubo (42), whose address and occupation are unknown, said that on the night of the 21st of this month, a female employee in her twenties was taken hostage at a private room booth at an Internet cafe in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, and she stood up for about five hours. There is a suspicion of confinement injury.



According to investigators, the suspect had been sentenced to nine years in prison for holding a hostage in Aichi prefecture 10 years ago, but was released in April and was released in Saitama prefecture. It means that he lived and worked in a construction company.



However, he quit his job earlier this month and has since moved to Internet cafes in and around the prefecture.



He had a dozen yen in his possession when he was arrested.



The police said to the investigation, "I was disgusted with my life. I thought that I could return to prison if I caused an incident. I wanted to be sentenced to death or life imprisonment." Checking it up.

The crime of standing up 10 years ago was also committed about 5 months after the source.

Ten years before this incident, Nagakubo had a hostage-holding incident at a credit union in Aichi prefecture.



According to the ruling in this case, the case was filed about five months after serving in another case and being released.



In April 2013, the Toyohashi branch of the Nagoya District Court sentenced him to nine years in prison, saying, "Although only about five months have passed since the source, he has committed the crime without any particular resistance." It was confirmed in the first trial.



The suspect was subsequently arrested in this standing-up case this month, just two months after being released in April after serving nine years in prison.